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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:88546 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16421 of 2025 Applicant :- Lala Alias Rakesh And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sudhanshu Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J.
1. Heard Sri Sudhanshu Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Imran Khan, learned AGA, for the State. 2. The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicants with the prayer to release them on bail in Case Crime No.225 of 2024, under Sections 105 and 191 BNS, Police Station Pailani, District Banda during pendency of the trial. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that on the basis of false and general allegation applicants have been roped in the present matter along with four others including co-accused Billo alias Neeraj and after considering entire facts in detail co-accused Billo alias Neeraj has been released on bail by this Court and his bail order has been annexed as annexure-4 to the affidavit filed in support of the instant bail application and on facts case of applicants is at par with him. 4. He further submits that applicants are not having any previous criminal history. He next submits that in the present matter applicant no.1 is in jail since 17.1.2025 while applicant no.2 is in jail since 27.10.2024. 5. Per contra, learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the argument on facts advanced by the learned counsel for the applicants. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record of the case. 7. Considering the argument advanced by the learned counsel for the applicants and the fact that similarly placed co-accused Billo alias Neeraj has already been released on bail and applicants are not having any previous criminal history and in the present matter applicant no.1 is in jail since 17.1.2025 while applicant no.2 is in jail since 27.10.2024, in my view, applicants are entitled to be released on bail. 8. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. 9.
Let the applicants-Lala @ Rakesh and Pappu @ Rohit 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 applicants shall appear before the trial court on the dates fixed, unless their personal presence is exempted. (ii) The applicants shall not directly or indirectly, make inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the
facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iii) The applicants shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social activity.
10. 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 applicants.
11. 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 :- 23.5.2025 SKM Digitally signed by :- SHRAVANA KUMAR MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad