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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 27730 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Ms. Mary Puncha and Mohd. Kalim, learned counsels for the applicant and Ms. Ifrah Islam, learned State Law Officer and perused the record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 199 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 351(3), 352 of BNS and Section 3/5(1) of U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, Police Station Crossing Republic, District Ghaziabad, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant and other co-accused persons are stated to have been involved in illegal conversion of vulnerable persons of the society to Christianity, as such on being objected by the informant, he was beaten up by them. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence. 6. Learned counsel has next stated that the injuries sustained by the informant are simple in nature. There is no complaint by any of the person who is stated to have been subjected to conversion, as such the applicant is entitled for bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mary Puncha (Sheeb Jose), Mohd. Kalim, Patsy David Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Vinod Kunj Mohan .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
7. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 16.06.2025 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 8. Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application. 9. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record and without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Vinod Kunj Mohan, 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 shall not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant shall not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 11. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 12. 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 10, 2025 Sumit S BAIL No. 27730 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUMIT SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad