Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:63578 Court No. - 86 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13558 of 2025 Applicant :- Harishankar Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Dharmendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Jai Kishan Chaurasia, the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the entire material available on record. 2. The applicant-Hari Shanker Singh has filed the instant bail application with a prayer to enlarge him on bail in Crime No.68 of 2025, under Sections 140 (1) B.N.S., Police Station Sandeepan Ghat, District Kaushambi, during the pendency of the trial. 3. The prosecution story in brief is that the informant 's husband about a week back had gone to look after his shop, which was under construction for the last two months. On 25.03.2025 at about 08:30 P.M. on her mobile one Aryan had called her and told that her husband has been kidnapped. She had intimated the incident on 112 number. After about one hour, her husband talked her on Whatapp call on a mobile of Aman Rao, who told her that Pranjal Rastogi became annoyed due to money dispute with him and on account of said annoyance, Pranjal Rastogi, Aman Rastogoi, Prakash, Vikas Mishra, Vishal, Aman Rao and Hari Shanker Singh (applicant) has hostage him and brought to Jhalwa and asked her to arrange the money. It has also been averred that in the meantime, the police rescued her husband. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is an innocent person, who has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that there is no allegation of ransom from the applicant. Learned counsel further submits that the applicant is nowhere in the incident either in kidnapping or in making any demand of ransom and thus the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused have also been mentioned. It has also been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required and is also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon him. He next submits that applicant is languishing in jail since 26.03.2025. It is thus contended that the applicant is entitled for bail. 5. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. for the State has contended that there is specific allegation against the applicant. He next submits that the innocence of the applicant cannot be adjudged at pre trial stage, therefore, he does not deserve any indulgence. 6. Perusal of the record shows that the applicant has participated in the incident along with other co-accused person in commission of alleged offence. Furthermore, the applicant has criminal history of five criminal case. 7. Keeping in view submissions of learned counsel for the parties, gravity of offence, nature of allegations and all the attending facts and circumstances of the case, period of detention, criminal history of the applicant, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I do not find any good reason to exercise my discretion in favour of the accused-applicant. 8. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant-Hari Shanker Singh stands rejected. Order Date :- 24.4.2025 S.Ali Digitally signed by :- SHAUKAT ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad