Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:93486 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15858 of 2025 Applicant :- Jitai Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Manvendra Narain Pathak,Sanjay Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Sanjay Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Shashank Singh, brief holder 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, Jitai, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 78 of 2025, under Section 3/5(1) of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, Police Station Paniyara, District Maharajganj. 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 16.3.2025. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that he was not named in the First Information Report. His name has been surfaced in the confessional statement of the co-accused. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant has not converted the religion of any person. No religious conversion related material has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. There is no independent eye witness of the alleged occurrence. Co-accused, Imarti Devi, Radha, Nagendra Singh and Ramesh Singh, have been granted bail by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 13148 of 2025, 12943 of 2025, 13547 of 2025 and 13892 of 2025, vide orders dated 07.05.2025, 12.05.2025, and 21.05.2025. 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, Jitai, 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 :- 30.5.2025 Deepak/ Digitally signed by :- DEEPAK KUMAR KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad