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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:60240 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1368 of 2025 Applicant :- Madhu Maicy And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Awadhesh Kumar,Deepak Singh Patel,Mohd Shamim Khan,Sanju Lata Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State-Respondent and perused the record. The present bail application has been moved on behalf of accused- applicants seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 224 of 2024, under Sections 3/5(1) of the U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance Act, 2021, Police Station Uska Bazar, District Siddharth Nagar.
Learned counsel for the applicants argued that the accused- applicants are innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case crime number. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that no evidence was produced by the informant to prove the allegation that the accused-applicants converted their religion from Hindu to Christian. He further submits that the accused-applicants did not pay money to the persons in lieu of conversion from Hindu to Christian. No credible evidence has been collected by the Investigating Office and no incriminating material has been received from the possession of the applicant. He submits that the applicants had not insulted the religious believes by abusing the Hindu Deities and had also not motivated the people to adopt Christianity. The applicants are languishing in jail since
02.12.2024. The applicants have 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, the bail has been prayed for. Hence, the bail has been prayed for. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer of bail, but could not dispute the above submissions raised by learned counsel for the applicants.
Considering all those 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-applicants, Madhu Maicy and Sapna, 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 applicants will not tamper with the evidence.
2. The applicants will not indulge in any criminal activity.
3. The applicants will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial.
4. The applicants will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless their personal appearance are 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 their bail.
Order Date :- 22.4.2025 pks Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad