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2025 DAILYLAW 99061 (ALL)

SMT. GUDDI DEVI v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/32318/2025 · 2025-09-18

Ashutosh Srivastava

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32318 of 2025 Court No. - 66 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Sri Yogesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Arimardan Yadav, learned AGA for the State-Respondent and perused the record. This bail application has been moved on behalf of the accused-applicant seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 219 of 2017, under Sections 201, 302, 404 of IPC, Police Station Nagla Khangar, District Firozabad. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent. She has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 03.09.2025. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that similarly circumstanced co-accused Sunil has already been enlarged on bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 07.05.2018 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 16847 of 2025. He submits that the applicant has no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of her 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. 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Noor Muhammad, Yogesh Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Smt. Guddi Devi .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Smt. Guddi Devi, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on her 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 her 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 her bail. September 19, 2025 pks BAIL No. 32318 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad