Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:111851 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7260 of 2025 Applicant :- Mohd. Nazim Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Shashi Ranjan Srivastava,Umair Alam Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Heard Sri Thakur Prasad Dubey, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ramesh Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 1115 of 2024, under Section 178, 179, 180, 181 B.N.S., Police Station- Majhola, District- Moradabad, during the pendency of the trial. 3. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the instant case on the basis of recovery of 9 counterfeit notes of value of Rs.100/- as well as other recovery of printer and counterfeit notes from a room though that room belongs to co-accused Adil. It is further submitted that there is no independent witness of the aforesaid recovery. It is also submitted that the charge-sheet has already been filed. Therefore, there is no requirement of custodial interrogation. The applicant is languishing in jail since 22.12.2024. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings. 4. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that applicant along with other co-accused persons were found in possession of counterfeit notes and other machines who prepared counterfeit notes. It is further submitted that investigation is still pending. 5. After hearing the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and taking into account that counterfeit notes were found in possession of the applicant which itself is a punishable offence and investigation is still pending, therefore, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the applicant. 6. Accordingly, the bail application is rejected at this stage. Order Date :- 11.7.2025 KS Digitally signed by :- KISHAN SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad