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2025 DAILYLAW 92303 (ALL)

HARPREET SINGH @ HAPPY v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/30539/2025 · 2025-09-14

Krishan Pahal

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 30539 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Kartikey Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Deepak Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 342 of 2025, under Section 29 read with Section 8/18/20/29 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Jait, District Mathura, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is not named in the FIR and has been falsely implicated in the present case with a view to cause unnecessary harassment and to victimize him. The applicant is stated to be the broker of the said deal of the contraband. He has nothing to do with the said offence. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has further stated that there is a matrimonial dispute of the applicant with his wife, which is minor offence triable by Magistrate and the matter has been settled between the husband- wife in the year 2016. There is no other criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 30.07.2025. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Kartikey Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Harpreet Singh @ Happy .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties, perusal of record and considering the complicity of accused, severity of punishment as well as totality of facts and circumstances, at this stage without commenting on the merits of the case, prima facie, I find it a fit case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Harpreet Singh @ Happy, who is involved in aforementioned case 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 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. 9. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 10. 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 15, 2025 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 30539 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad