HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 28111 of 2025 Court No. - 87 HON'BLE SANTOSH RAI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the informant and learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. This bail application has been moved on behalf of accused- applicant Kuldeep seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No.127 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87 B.N.S., Police Station- Eka, District- Firozabad. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the accused- applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 7.7.2025. It is submitted that the victim in the statement recorded under Section 180 and 183 B.N.S.S. has not specifically stated that the accused applicant had abducted the victim and has not supported the prosecution version. It is further submitted that the victim has already been recovered during the course of investigation from an open place. It is contended that since the charge-sheet has already been submitted on 23.7.2025, therefore, there is no reasonable possibility of intimidating or pressurizing the prosecution witnesses and accused applicant has no criminal antecedents. It is further argued that there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Hence, bail has been prayed for. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dwijendra Prasad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Rajendra Kumar Srivastava Kuldeep .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Through Principal Secretary Home Government Of U.P. At Lucknow .....Opposite Party(s) 4. Per contra, learned AGA as well as learned counsel for the informant has vehemently opposed the the prayer for bail and submits that the victim is a minor girl aged about 15 years. She has been abducted by the accused applicant. 5. Having considered the submissions of the parties noted above, finding force in the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicant, keeping in view the uncertainty regarding conclusion of trial; applicant being under-trial having fundamental right to speedy trial; larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, considering the paragraph no.53 of Apex Court in the case of Manish Sisodia Vs. Directorate of Enforcement 2024, (SC) LawSuit 677 and considering 5-6 times overcrowding in jails over and above their capacity by under trials and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, let the applicant involved in the aforesaid crime be released on bail on his furnishing personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions that:- (i) The applicant shall not tamper with the evidence or threaten the witnesses. (ii) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in Court. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the Trial Court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law. (iii) The applicant shall remain present before the Trial Court on each date fixed, either personally or as directed by the Court. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the Trial Court may proceed against him under Section 229-A IPC/269 BNS. (iv) In case the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure his presence, proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C./84 of BNSS is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the Court on the date fixed in such proclamation then the Trial Court shall initiate proceedings against him in accordance with law under BAIL No. 28111 of 2025 2 Section 174-A IPC/209 of BNS. (v) The applicant shall remain present in person before the Trial Court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C./351 of B.N.S.S. If in the opinion of the Trial Court absence of the applicant is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the Trial Court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of bail and proceed against him in accordance with law. 6. In case, of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 7. Identity and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. September 4, 2025 RA BAIL No. 28111 of 2025 3 (Santosh Rai,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAZIQ ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad