HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35097 of 2026 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J. 1. Heard Sri Yogesh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for accused applicant and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant accused- Mohd. Gufran and Mohd. Sufian to enlarge them on bail in Case Crime No. 160 of 2026, under Section 2/3 of U.P. Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, P.S.- Charthawal, District- Muzaffarnagar, during the pendency of trial. 3. It is the contention of learned counsel for applicants that the accused applicants have been falsely implicated by the police under the provision of Gangsters Act on the basis of one base case, in which applicants are on bail. Apart from it, accused applicant no. 1 has criminal history of one case, wherein he has been convicted on confession. The accused applicant no. 2 has no criminal history. Investigation is continuing and the applicants are co- operating in the investigation. The accused applicants are languishing in jail since 02.09.2026. He seeks enlargement of accused on bail. 4. Learned A.G.A. for State opposed the bail application. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 6. Hon'ble The Supreme Court in the case of Shiv Pratap Singh Alias Chinu Vs. State of U.P. & Ors reported in 2026 SCC Online SC 1677 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rakesh Chandra Pathak, Yogesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohd. Gufran And Another .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) has considered the proceedings initiated under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 and the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Rules, 2021 and found that the Act is still born and the proceedings initiated under it can not survive. Hence, if the proceedings under the Act can not survive in view of the dictum of Hon'ble The Supreme Court dealt herein above, the incarceration of accused/applicant under the provision of the Act has no legal basis. 7. Considered that the criminal history is explained and in the light of aforesaid judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court, the accused/applicant are entitled to be released on bail. 8.Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 9. 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]. 10. The accused-applicants shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal. October 1, 2026 Sharad/- BAIL No. 35097 of 2026 2 (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHARAD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad