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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:82307 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13895 of 2025 Applicant :- Pravesh Kumar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rakesh Kumar Bharti Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Rakesh Kumar Bharti, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the State- respondents and perused the record. This bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been moved on behalf of accused- applicant, Pravesh Kumar, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 02 of 2025, under Sections 3/5A/8 of the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11 (D) of Animal Cruelty Act, Police Station Ekdil, District Etawah.
Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused- applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 10.2.2025.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant was not named in the FIR. He was not arrested from the spot and no recovery of meat or dead animals have been recovered from his possession. His name has surfaced on record on the basis of his false implication in Case Crime No. 29 of 2025. Charge sheet in this case has already been filed. He has one case of criminal antecedent, which has sufficiently been explained and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Hence, bail has been prayed for. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. Considering all above facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out.
Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Pravesh Kumar , involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence.
2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity.
3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial.
4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail.
Order Date :- 17.5.2025 Ravi Prakash (Ashutosh Srivastava, J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad