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2025 DAILYLAW 68522 (ALL)

SHABBIR KHAN v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/21944/2025 · 2025-09-11

Krishan Pahal

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 21944 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. Rejoinder affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Dhirendra Singh Rajput, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Amit Kumar, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.300 of 2025, under Sections 8/20/29/60 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Sikandra, District- Agra, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per the allegations of the FIR, 77 kg of Ganja is said to have been recovered from a Bolero Pickup vehicle no.OD07 AP 9707, although three other vehicles were also recovered at that time. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case with a view to cause unnecessary harassment and to victimize him. The allegations are per se false. The applicant was seen standing near the said vehicles, but he has nothing to do with the said offence. Even the statement recorded U/s 67 of NDPS Act does not carry any weight as far as the applicant is concerned. 6. It is further argued by learned counsel for the applicant that there is no compliance of mandatory provision of Section 52-A of the N.D.P.S. Act and also there is no chemical analyst's report to corroborate that the recovered Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dhirendra Singh Rajput Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shabbir Khan .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) contraband is Ganja. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 23.5.2025. The applicant is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 7. Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application. 8. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties, perusal of record and considering the complicity of accused, severity of punishment as well as totality of facts and circumstances, at this stage without commenting on the merits of the case, prima facie, I find it a fit case for bail. 9. Let the applicant- Shabbir Khan, who is involved in aforementioned case be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. (i) The applicant shall not tamper with evidence during trial. (ii) The applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses. (iii) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 11. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. September 12, 2025 Vikas Verma BAIL No. 21944 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIKAS VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad