Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:84726 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14278 of 2025 Applicant :- Chandan Kumar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Devottam Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Devottam Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Virendra Kumar, 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, Chandan Kumar, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 17 of 2025, under Sections 318 (4), 336 (3), 338 and 340 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 60 (1) and 63 of Excise Act, Police Station Dubhar , District Ballia. 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 12.2.2025. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that as per prosecution version, applicant has been shown as driver of Hundai i10 car from where illicit liquor has been recovered. There is no independent eye witness of alleged recovery. Charge sheet in this case has already been filed on 7.4.2025. He has no criminal antecedent 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, Chandan 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 :- 20.5.2025 Ravi Prakash (Ashutosh Srivastava, J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad