HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 10034 of 2026 Court No. - 71 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard, Learned counsel for the applicant, the Learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Case Crime No. 502 of 2025, under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) of B.N.S., Police Station- Kotwali, District- Bareilly, with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail as the applicant apprehends his arrest in the above-mentioned case. 3. The Learned counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant has been nominated in thirteen cases by the police in the so-called Bareilly riots. The applicant has no role to play in the present case. The co-accused Mohd. Naeem Qureshi @ Lali, Modh. Moveen & Mohd. Faizan have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in NABAIL No. - 3971 of 2026 and the co-accused Mohd. Daud Shamsi has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in NABAIL No. - 7159 of 2026. Except the cases as mentioned above, the applicant has no other criminal antecedents. 4. The Learned AGA has opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. However, he could not dispute the fact that similarly situated co-accused have already been enlarged on anticipatory bail. 5. I have considered the submissions made by Learned counsel for the parties. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : A.G.Karunakar, Ritesh Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Aarif .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) 6. The First Information Report has been lodged by the police against two named accused persons. The applicant has not been named in the First Information Report. The name of the applicant figures during investigation in the statement of the co-accused. Similarly situated co-accused Mohd. Naeem Qureshi @ Lali, Modh. Moveen & Mohd. Faizan have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in NABAIL No. - 3971 of 2026 and the co- accused Mohd. Daud Shamsi has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in NABAIL No. - 7159 of 2026. Except thirteen cases supposedly lodged including the present case in relation to the Bareilly riots, the applicant has no other criminal antecedents. 7. Taking into account all the facts and circumstances of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it fit to enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail. 8. In view of the above, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant is allowed. 9. In the event of the arrest of the applicant - Aarif, he shall be released forthwith in the aforesaid case crime on anticipatory bail on furnishing a personal bond and surety each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the police station/Court concerned with the following conditions:- i. the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; ii. that the applicant shall not, directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; iii. that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court; iv. that the applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witness; 10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the Court concerned shall be at liberty to cancel the bail. 11. It is made clear that observations made hereinabove are exclusively for deciding the instant anticipatory bail application and are not to be considered NABAIL No. 10034 of 2026 2 to be an opinion on the merits of the case. October 1, 2026 Kushal NABAIL No. 10034 of 2026 3 (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad