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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32214 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Rajiv Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Sushil Kumar Shukla, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.59 of 2025, under Sections 109(1), 61(2), 191(2), 351(3), 3(5) B.N.S., Police Station-Swaroop Nagar, District- Kanpur Nagar, during the pendency of trial.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant has not been assigned to the role of firing. It is further submitted that only one injury has been sustained by the injured person Kayamuddin Siddiqui. The applicant has simply been made an accused on the ground of his relationship with the main accused person Firoj @ Bhaiya who has already been enlarged on anticipatory bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 23.09.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 B.N.S.S. No. 6953 of 2025. Criminal History of two cases assigned to the applicant stands explained. The applicant is languishing in jail since 18.07.2025 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail.
5. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akash Kumar Pathak, Rajiv Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Virendra Pratap Pal Zeeshan Maurang .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
6. The Supreme Court in Prabhakar Tewari vs. State of U.P. And Another, 2020 (11) SCC 648 has observed that pendency of several criminal cases against an accused itself cannot be a basis for refusal of bail, if otherwise his case for bail is made out.
7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by
learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into
consideration the fact that applicant has not been assigned the role of firing, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
8. Let the applicant-Zeeshan Maurang, who is involved in aforementioned case crime 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.
October 6, 2025 Karan BAIL No. 32214 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- KARAN KUMAR RAO High Court of Judicature at Allahabad