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2025 DAILYLAW 99424 (ALL)

SMT SONWATI v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/33141/2025 · 2025-09-24

Krishan Pahal

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33141 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Bharat Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Rajendra Prasad Singh, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.336 of 2025, under Section 325 B.N.S., Section 3/8 Uttar Pradesh Cow Slaughters Act and Section 11 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, Police Station Sahaswan, District Budaun, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is not named in the FIR. She has been falsely implicated in the present case subsequently in the statements of eye-witnesses. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 02.09.2025 and she is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, she will not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, 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. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bharat Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Smt. Sonwati .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Let the applicant- Smt. Sonwati, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on her 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. 8. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 9. 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 25, 2025 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 33141 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUMIT SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad