Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:85158 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15354 of 2025 Applicant :- Purshottam Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Atharva Dixit,Pranav Tiwary Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J. 1. Heard Sri Atharva Dixit, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Imran Khan, learned AGA, for the State. 2. The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant with the prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No.21 of 2025, under Sections 111(2), 179, 180 and 181 BNS, Police Station Kuthaund, District Jalaun during pendency of the trial. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that on the basis of false allegation of manufacturing counterfeit notes, applicant has been made accused in the present matter along with others including co-accused Harveer and Yogesh Kumar and after considering entire facts in detail co-accused Harveer and Yogesh Kumar have been released on bail by this Court vide orders dated 7.5.2025 and 17.5.2025 passed in Criminal Misc.Bail Application No. 15453 of 2025 and Criminal Misc.Bail Application No. 14646 of 2025 respectively and case of applicant is at par with them. 4. He further submits that applicant is not having any previous criminal history and in the present matter he is in jail since 5.2.2025, i.e., for the last more than three months. 5. Per contra, learned AGA however, opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the argument on facts advanced by learned counsel for the applicant. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record of the case. 7. However, as per allegation applicant and other accused involved in manufacturing of counterfeit currency notes but co-accused Yogesh Kumar and Harveer have already been released on bail by this Court and the case of applicant is at par with them. 8. Further, applicant is not having any previous criminal history and in the present matter he is in jail since 5..2.2025, i.e., for the last more than three months. 9. Therefore, considering the facts and circumstances of the case discussed above, in my view applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 10. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. 11. Let the applicant-Purshottam be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:- (i) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the dates fixed, unless his personal presence is exempted. (ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social activity. 12. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution will be at liberty to move an application before this Court for cancellation of the bail of the applicant. 13. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial Order Date :- 21.5.2025 SKM Digitally signed by :- SHRAVANA KUMAR MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad