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2025 DAILYLAW 69877 (ALL)

YOGESH ALIAS VAKIL v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/22878/2025 · 2025-09-18

Krishan Pahal

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22878 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Sri Shyam Narain Pandey, learned counsels 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.130 of 2023, under Sections 08/20/29/60 N.D.P.S. Act, Police Station Sikandra, District Agra, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the case of the applicant is at a better footing to the co-accused person Sanjay Kumar @ Sanju. The applicant has been made an accused on the basis of confessional statement of the said arrested accused person Sanjay Kumar @ Sanju recorded under Section 67 of N.D.P.S. Act. The said confessional statement mentions that the applicant had purchased the said truck no. UP 81BT 1305 through an unregistered document, which has no evidentiary value in the eyes of law. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has further argued that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case owing to his personal rivalry as he is a practicing advocate. There is no recovery from the applicant. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 16.02.2025 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Shravan Kumar Pandey, Shweta Singh, Shyam Narain Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Yogesh Alias Vakil .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the applicant, 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- Yogesh Alias Vakil, 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 pressurise/intimidate with 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 19, 2025 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 22878 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad