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2025 DAILYLAW 71835 (ALL)

ADNAN v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/24148/2025 · 2025-08-20

Krishan Pahal

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:143633 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 24148 of 2025 Applicant :- Adnan Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Subodh Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. Counter affidavit filed today by learned AGA is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Subodh Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Deepak Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in S.T. No. 2192 of 2024 arising out of Case Crime No. 518 of 2024, under Sections 115(2), 70(2), 351(3) of BNS, Sections 3/4(2) of POCSO Act and Section 67 of I.T. Act, Police Station- Syohara, District - Bijnor, during the pendency of trial. 4. At the outset, learned counsel for the applicant has stated that he does not propose to file any rejoinder affidavit in response to the counter affidavit filed by State today. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the informant and the other witnesses have been examined as P.Ws. 1 to 5 in court and have not supported the prosecution story. They have completely resiled from their earlier statement given to the I.O. and the allegations of the FIR. The witnesses have been cross-examined by the public prosecutor after declaring them hostile. There is no possibility of conviction in the present case under the circumstances. 6. Learned counsel has further stated that there is no criminal antecedent of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 22.10.2024 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 7. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application but could not dispute the fact that there is no criminal history of the applicant and the witnesses have turned hostile. 8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, and taking into consideration the settled law of the Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors., 2022 INSC 690 and Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 and also the fact that the witnesses have turned hostile, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Adnan, 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. 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. Order Date:- 21.8.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad