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2025 DAILYLAW 57908 (ALL)

RAHUL v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/16740/2025 · 2025-05-16

Sameer Jain

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:82542 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16740 of 2025 Applicant :- Rahul Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- B.N.Singh,Manish Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today on behalf of the applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Singh, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri B.N. Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Shatruhan Yadav, learned AGA for the State. 3. The instant bail application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 759 of 2024, under Sections 303(2), 317(2), 317(4), 317(5), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 111 B.N.S., Police Station Kotwali Orai, District Jalaun during pendency of the trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits, on the basis of false allegation applicant has been roped in the present matter along with co-accused Pravesh Vishwakarma @ Chhotu, Suryanshu @ Surya and Akash Rajpoot and after considering the entire facts of the case, all the three co-accused Pravesh Vishwakarma @ Chhotu, Suryanshu @ Surya and Akash Rajpoot have been released on bail by this Court vide orders dated 15.04.2025, 18.03.2025 and 14.05.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos. 12224 of 2025, 9016 of 2025 and 13174 of 2025 and on facts, case of applicant is at par with them. 5. He further submits, however, apart from the present case applicant is having criminal history of four other cases but he was having previous criminal history of only two cases and his entire criminal history has been explained in the instant bail application. 6. He further submits, in the present matter applicant is in jail since 16.11.2024 i.e. for last more than six months. 7. Per contra, learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the argument on facts advanced by learned counsel for the applicant. 8. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record of the case. 9. Considering the argument advanced by learned counsel for the applicant and the fact that similarly placed three co-accused Pravesh Vishwakarma @ Chhotu, Suryanshu @ Surya and Akash Rajpoot have been released on bail by this Court and entire criminal history of the applicant has been explained in the instant bail application and in the present matter he is in jail since 16.11.2024 i.e. for last more than six months, 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 - Rahul 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 :- 17.5.2025 AK Pandey Digitally signed by :- ANUPAM KUMAR PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad