Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:132945 Court No. - 87 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 26285 of 2025 Applicant :- Ajay Alias Pappan Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Pankaj Bharti Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant- accused Ajay Alias Pappan for the offence punishable under Sections 418, 467, 468, 471, 120B of IPC & Section 3/9 of U.P. Public Examination (POUM) Act in Case Crime No.61 of 2024, Police Station- Shahpur, District Muzaffar Nagar. 2. Sri Pankaj Bharti, learned advocate appeared for the applicant and submits that the accused applicant has been falsely implicated in the case. The name of accused has been brought on record on the basis of statement of the co-accused and FIR has been lodged whereafter against five persons. The named accused Praveen @ Mintu Baliyan and Praveen Tomar have already been granted bail by the coordinate Bench of this Court. The charge sheet has been submitted against three persons though, all persons have been named in the FIR by the police personal, after preliminary inquiry. The matter pertains to leak of paper in the police selection examination. He does not have any criminal history. The accused is in jail since 21.06.2025. 3. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application but conceded that the accused applicant has no criminal history. He is in jail since June, 2025. 4. This court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 5. The perusal of the record prima facie reveals that the FIR has been registered against five named persons. It is on the basis of statement of co-accused that the name of present applicant has been figured out. The record further reveals that no incriminating article has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. The charge sheet has been submitted but the trial has not yet been started. He has no criminal history. 6. Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 7. The accused/applicant be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned in view of observation made by the Supreme Court in its dictums of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [(2024) 10 SCC 674] and Policy Strategy for grant of bail in re [(2024)10SCC 685]. 8. The accused-applicant shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal. Order Date :- 6.8.2025 Mini (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad