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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:133949 Court No. - 67 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 27254 of 2025 Applicant :- Bhura Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mehdi Abbas Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate representing the State and perused the record. By means of this bail application, applicant Bhura, who is involved in Case Crime No. 142 of 2025, under Section 3/5/8 Cow Slaughter Act, police station Bhojpur, district Ghaziabad, seeks enlargement on bail during the pendency of trial. Succinctly, the prosecution case is that on the information of an informer, namely, Madhur Nehra, a truck being Registration No. UP 15 DT 5526 was taken into custody, in which huge amount of remains of the animals was being transported. The said animal remains were verbally confirmed by the Government Veterinary Officer as cow remains. F.I.R. also alleges that some e-way bills were also recovered from the truck which showed that the said cow remains were being transported from Hapur to Punjab. Main substratum of arguments of learned counsel for the applicant is that driver and cleaner of the said truck, who were apprehended by the police, namely, Waseem and Imran have been granted bail by this Court vide orders dated 29.07.2025 and 05.08.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos. 25855 of 2025 and 26696 of 2025. The owner of the said truck, namely, Kaleem Ahmad has also been granted bail by the coordinate Bench of this Court vide order
dated 31.07.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 26287 of 2025. The complicity of the applicant came into light in the statement of Kaleem Ahmad. The applicant does not have any criminal history to his credit. Lastly, it is submitted that there is no chance of the applicant fleeing away from the judicial process or tampering with the prosecution evidence. The applicant is languishing in jail since 10.06.2025 and in case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and cooperate with the trial. Per contra, learned A.G.A. for the State opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant but does not dispute the above factual aspect of the matter as argued on behalf of the applicant.
Having heard learned counsel for the parties and examined the matter in its entirety, I find substance in the submission of learned counsel for the applicant that co-accused Waseem, Imran and Kaleem Ahmad under similar accusation have been granted bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused and submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the opinion that the applicant has made out a case for bail. Hence, the bail application is hereby allowed. Let the applicant Bhura be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions, which are being imposed in the interest of justice:- (i) That the applicant shall cooperate in the expeditious disposal of the trial and shall regularly attend the court unless inevitable. (ii) That the applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any
person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iii) That after his release, the applicant shall not involve in any criminal activity. (iv) The identity, status and residential proof of sureties will be verified by court concerned. In case of breach of any of the conditions mentioned above, court concerned will be at liberty to cancel the bail. Order Date :- 7.8.2025 Shubham Digitally signed by :- SHUBHAM KUMAR AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad