HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 23280 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. Counter affidavit filed today by learned AGA is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Binod Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri V.K.S. Parmar, learned AGA for the State and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 603 of 2024, under Section 109 of BNS, Sections 3/5A/8 of U.P. Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11/1D of U.P. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, Police Station - Chhata, District - Mathura, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that no animal was slaughtered in the present case, thus, no offence is made out under the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955. However, if any offence is committed, it may fall within the ambit of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 only. 5. Learned counsel has further argued that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. He is not named in the FIR. He is languishing in jail since 28.02.2025. He has criminal history of two cases which has been explained in the affidavit. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and shall cooperate with trial. 6. Per contra, learned AGA has vehemently opposed the bail application but Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Binod Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Farrid .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Through Its Secretary Home U.P At Lucknow .....Opposite Party(s) unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, nature of offence, severity of punishment and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, prima facie I find it a fit case to release the applicant on bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Farrid, 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 will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will 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 26, 2025 Siddhant BAIL No. 23280 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad