HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 23263 of 2025 Court No. - 66 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. Heard Sri N.I. Jafri, Advocate, assisted by Sri Mohd. Nasim Ahmad, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Muktesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the first informant, Sri Ajay Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. This bail application under Section 483 BNS has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, Ravi Chaurasia, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 019 of 2025, under Sections 103 (1), 3 (5) BNS and Section 4/25 Arms Act, Police Station Sarai Mamrej, District Prayagraj. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this case crime number and is languishing in jail since 10.02.2025. He has 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. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that it is a case of circumstantial evidence and not a case of direct evidence. The applicant is not named in the FIR. His name has surfaced during course of investigation on the basis of suspicion by Investigating Officer in C.D. No. 2 dated 08.02.2025 in which he had mentioned about illicit relationship in between the applicant and co- accused Shivani and the role of the applicant has been shown that he and co- accused Shivani had hatched conspiracy of the alleged crime. It is argued that neither the applicant had relationship with the co-accused Shivani nor there was any whats app messages or conversation between them. There is no motive for the applicant to participate in the present crime. After completing investigating, the Investigating Officer has submitted charge sheet against the applicant and co-accused persons. It is next submitted that the co-accused Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Nasim Ahmad, Syed Taj Mohammad Rizvi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Amit Kumar Tiwari, G.A., Muktesh Kumar Singh, Ram Khelawan Patel Ravi Chaurasia .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Rahul Singh, Jitendra Soni and other co-accused persons have already been granted bail by this Court. The entire prosecution story is false and concocted and frivolous Hence, bail has been prayed for. 5. Learned AGA as well as learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts. 6. Considering all above 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. 7. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 8. Let the accused-applicant, Ravi Chaurasia 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: i. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. ii. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. iii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. iv. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. 9. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. September 9, 2025 v.k.updh. BAIL No. 23263 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad