Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:40672 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8646 of 2025 Applicant :- Shailendra Shahni Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Ashwani Kumar Pathak Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. As informed by learned State Law Officer, notice to the informant has been served on 4.3.2025 but none is present on behalf of the informant. 2. Supplementary affidavit filed today by the learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 3. Heard Sri Ashwani Kumar Pathak, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri R.P. Patel, learned State Law Officer and also perused the material placed on record. 4. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 20 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 352, 351(2)(3), 64(1) of BNSof BNS and Sections 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station - Chauri Chaura, District - Gorakhpur, during the pendency of trial. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. The FIR is delayed by about one day and there is no explanation of the said delay caused. 6. Learned counsel has also stated that the allegations made by the victim in her statement recorded u/s 183 BNSS are vague. There is no medical evidence to corroborate the prosecution story. Learned counsel has also stated that the victim by her looks seems to be major and she herself has stated her age to be 17 years. A leverage of two years may be granted to the applicant on upper side as per settled law. Criminal history assigned to the applicant stands explained in the supplementary affidavit. 7. Several other submissions have been made on behalf of the applicant to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against him. The circumstances which, as per counsel, led to the false implication of the applicant have also been touched upon at length. The applicant is languishing in jail since 29.01.2025 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 8. Per contra, learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant. 9. In the case of Prabhakar Tewari Vs. State of U.P. and another, (2020) 11 SCC 648, the Supreme Court has observed that pendency of several criminal cases against an accused by itself cannot be a basis for refusal of bail. 10. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, and taking into consideration the settled law of the Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors., 2022 INSC 690 and Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 11. Let the applicant- Shailendra Shahni, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 12. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 13. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. Order Date:- 20.3.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad