AKHILESH KUMAR ALIAS CHHOTU SHUKLA v. STATE OF U.P.
BAIL/31801/2025 · 2025-09-23
Gautam Chowdhary
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31801 of 2025 Court No. - 70 HON'BLE DR. GAUTAM CHOWDHARY, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material brought on record. 2. Allegations contained in the FIR are that the applicant had procured an arms license on the basis of forged and fabricated documents and on the basis of a wrong affidavit given in support of the application for grant of arms license. It was further clarified that while filling up the application form, the relevant information, such as, the criminal history etc. was not disclosed, the address was not properly disclosed. On the similar allegations nine persons were made the accused. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that having same set of allegations and evidence out of nine persons named in the F.I.R., six accused persons have already been enlarged on bail by different coordinate Bench of this Court, thus, the applicant may also be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused have also been mentioned. It has also been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required and is also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon him. He next submits that the applicant has a history of two cases, out of which in one case he is on bail and in other case under the Gangster Act though he has been convicted but he has already challenged his conviction by filing an appeal before this Court. The applicant is languishing in jail since 09.07.2020. 4. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant but he could not dispute the submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lal Mani Singh, Praveen Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Akhilesh Kumar Alias Chhotu Shukla .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
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Considering the overall facts and circumstances, the nature of allegations, the gravity of offence and without expressing any opinion on merits, this Court finds it to be a fit case for bail. Accordingly, the bail application stands allowed. 6. Let the applicant-Akhilesh Kumar Alias Chhotu Shukla, be enlarged on bail in Case Crime No. 322 of 2020, under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468 I.P.C., Police Station- Chaubepur, District- Kanpur Nagar, on executing a personal bond and furnishing two local sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: i) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. ii) The applicant shall not threaten or harass the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court. iv) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which the applicant is accused, or suspected of the commission. v) 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 such person from disclosing facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. 7. In case of default of any of the conditions enumerated above, the court concerned shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of applicant in accordance with law. September 24, 2025 Mustaqeem. BAIL No. 31801 of 2025 2 (Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHD MUSTAQEEM KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- MOHD MUSTAQEEM KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad