Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:90680 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16042 of 2025 Applicant :- Firoz Ali Jafri Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Atul Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. By means of the instant bail application, applicant is seeking bail in Case Crime No. 19 of 2025, under Section 3(1) U.P. Gangster and Ante Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, Police Station C.B. Ganj, District-Bareilly, during pendency of trial. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that there are three cases shown in the gang chart against applicant, in which cases he is already on bail, the bail orders are annexed as Annexure nos. 3, 4 and 5 to the affidavit. It is further submitted by counsel for the applicant that there is no other criminal history of the applicant except the cases mentioned in the gang chart. It is the submission of learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and the provision of Gangster Act is not applicable in the facts and circumstances of the case. Applicant is languishing in jail since 11.09.2024 and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial. 4. Learned A.G.A. for the State has opposed the prayer for bail but does not dispute the factual matrix of the case. 5. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, it is evident that the provision of Gangster Act has been invoked against the applicant on the basis of 3 criminal cases. However, applicant has been released on bail in the aforesaid cases. Learned A.G.A. has not produced any material to demonstrate that the applicant comes within the definition of "Gangster" and "Gang" under U.P. Gangsters and Antisocial Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. Mere pendency of criminal case may not ipso facto invoke provisions of U.P. Act No.7 of 1986. Criminal history of the applicant has been adequately explained. 6. It is not in dispute by learned A.G.A. that the applicant has already been enlarged on bail in the criminal cases showing in the gang chart. Once the applicant has been enlarged on bail in previous criminal cases shown in the gang chart which forms the foundation for lodging of the criminal cases under the Gangster Act, this Court see no valid ground to detain the applicant in custody. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of learned A.G.A. and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:- i. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. ii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witness. iii. The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted and/ or the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required. iv. The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected. v. The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any 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 to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. vi. The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. vii. In the event, the applicant changes his residential address, the applicant shall inform the court concerned about new residential address in writing. 9. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court. Order Date :- 27.5.2025 Mini Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad