Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:128361 Court No. - 87 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 26342 of 2025 Applicant :- Charan Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mukul Yadav,Rajesh Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1. Heard Sri Rajesh Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present bail application, seeking bail, has been moved by the applicant-accused-Charan Singh for the offence punishable under Sections 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act in Case Crime No. 55 of 2013, Police Station-Aurangabad, District-Bulandshahar. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that adulterated oil tanker has been confiscated by the police, wherein driver of the tanker and other persons have been implicated. There was no information to the accused about filing of charge-sheet. It is for the first that the accused-applicant came to know about the pendency of case, when non-bailable warrant issued to him, thereafter he surrendered before the court. The matter attracts maximum punishment of three years. The accused is languishing in jail since 02.07.2025. As such, he prays that the accused/applicant be enlarged on bail. 4. Per contra, learned AGA opposes the bail, but he could not dispute aforesaid submissions of learned counsel for the applicant. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by the parties and perused the record. 6. The perusal of the records reveals that adulterated oil tanker has been confiscated by the police, wherein driver of the tanker and other persons have been implicated. There was no information to the accused about filing of charge-sheet. It is for the first that the accused-applicant came to know about the pendency of case, when non-bailable warrant issued to him, thereafter he surrendered before the court. The matter attracts maximum punishment of three years. The accused is languishing in jail since 02.07.2025. 7. Without touching the merit of the case, this bail application is allowed. 8. Let the accused applicant-Charan Singh be enlarged on bail subject to furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned. Order Date :- 31.7.2025 MN/- (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAHENDRA NATH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad