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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 34811 of 2026 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J.
1. Heard Sri Saurabh Chaturvedi, learned counsel for accused applicant and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant/accused- Sohit Singh to enlarge them on bail in Case Crime No. 194 of 2026, under Sections 109, 352, 351(3) BNS, P.S.- Girwan, District- Banda, during the pendency of trial. 3. It is the contention of learned counsel for applicant that the accused applicant has been falsely implicated in FIR dated 11.06.2026 lodged belatedly for the incident dated 09.06.2026 occurred at 22:00 hours with the allegation leveled by the informant that his brother Shivhad went to the shop of Aniket to purchase a water bottle, where the applicant has asked for match box. On this issue, there was an assault on the brother of informant, who suffered eight injuries, out of which one is grievous in nature i.e. fracture of nasal bone. It is further contended that specific role of assault by lathi is attributed on the accused/applicant, which was later on made general role of assault in the statement of injured. All the persons are of same village. The accused applicant has no criminal history. Charge sheet is submitted. The accused applicants are languishing in jail since 07.08.2026. He seeks enlargement of accused on bail. 4. Learned A.G.A. for State opposed the bail application. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Raj Vyas, Saurabh Chaturvedi, Shubham Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sohit Singh .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 6. Considering the nature and number of injuries and the role attributed on accused applicants, the accused/applicants are entitled to be released on bail. 7. Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. The accused/applicants be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned in view of observation made by the Supreme Court in its dictums of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [(2024) 10 SCC 674] and Policy Strategy for grant of bail in re [(2024)10SCC 685]. 9.
The accused-applicants shall cooperate injudicial process for fair and speedy disposal. September 30, 2026 Abhishek Sri. BAIL No. 34811 of 2026 2 (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK RANJAN SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad