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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32902 of 2025 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Mohd. Jamshed Khan, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Yagvalk Pandey, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. This bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, Irshad Alias Sonu, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 54 of 2025, under Sections 3, 5A, 8 of Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11 of Animal Cruelty Act, Police Station Rajgarh, District Mirzapur. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 27.8.2025. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant was not apprehended from the spot. His name surfaced on record on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused persons, who were apprehended from the spot. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that co-accused Salim has already been enlarged on bail by this Court on 17.5.2025 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 13870 of
2025. He has 17 cases of criminal antecedent, which have sufficiently been explained and 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. Per contra learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant, but could not dispute the aforesaid fact. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Jamshed Khan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Irshad Alias Sonu .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
Considering all above 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, Irshad Alias Sonu, 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. October 8, 2025 Ravi Prakash BAIL No. 32902 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad