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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 29436 of 2025 Court No. - 66 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Sri M. B. Mathur along with Ms. Kavita Aman, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Arimardan Yadav, learned AGA for the State-Respondent and perused the record. This is a second bail application filed by the applicant. The first bail application filed by the present applicant was rejected by this Court vide order dated 25.04.2025, passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 9319 of 2025, Gaurav Singh Vs. State of U.P., copy whereof has been brought on record as Annexure-1 to the bail application. The applicant- Gaurav Singh has filed this second bail application with a prayer to enlarge him on bail in Case Crime No. 0007 of 2025, under Sections 61(2), 319(2), 318(4) of B.N.S, and Section 11/13(5) of U. P. Public Examination Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, Police Station Barra, District Kanpur Nagar, during the pendency of the trial. In support of this second bail application, learned counsel for the applicant has reiterated the entire submissions made in the first bail application, which are not necessary to mention herein again by this Court. Apart from the above, learned counsel for the applicant submits that in the present case charge sheet has been filed by the Investigating Officer against the applicant on 18.03.2025 and the applicant is no more required for custodial interrogation. He further submits that till date no witness has been examined in the case. He submits that the trial of the case is going on at snail's pace and there is no likelihood of early conclusion of trial. The applicant is languishing in jail since 06.01.2025. The applicant has no Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Kavita Aman, Mohit Behari Mathur Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Gaurav Singh .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Hence, the bail has been prayed for. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer of bail, but could not dispute the above submissions raised by learned counsel for the applicant.
Considering all those facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima- facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Gaurav Singh, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. 2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. 3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. 4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. September 24, 2025 pks BAIL No. 29436 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad