HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31566 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Vikrant Gupta, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Deepak Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.22 of 2021, under Section 8/20 of NDPS Act, Police Station- Tanda, District- Rampur, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant was enlarged on bail in the instant case. He could not appear before the court concerned and non-bailable warrant was issued against him on 12.08.2022. The applicant has surrendered before the court concerned on 10.01.2025 and is languishing in jail since then. The criminal history of seven cases assigned to the applicant has been explained. He is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. The Supreme Court in Prabhakar Tewari Vs. State of U.P. and another, 2020 (11) SCC 648 has observed that pendency of several criminal cases against an accused itself cannot be a basis for refusal of bail, if otherwise his case of bail is made out. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manish Kumar Yadav, Umesh Chandra Yadav, Vikrant Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohammad Azam .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, pending trial and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima facie, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Mohammad Azam, who is involved in aforementioned case crime 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. 9. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 10. 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 16, 2025 Karan BAIL No. 31566 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- KARAN KUMAR RAO High Court of Judicature at Allahabad