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2026 DAILYLAW 11018 (ALL)

ANOOP PAL v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/35092/2026 · 2026-09-30

Avnish Saxena

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35092 of 2026 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J. 1. Sri Ram Surat Patel, learned counsel for applicant hands up supplementary affidavit, the same is taken on record. 1A. Heard Sri Patel, learned counsel for accused applicant and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant accused- Anoop Pal to enlarge him on bail in Case Crime No. 674 of 2026, under Sections 191(2), 352, 351(3), 109(1), 324(4) of BNS and Section 9/25 Arms Act, P.S.- Izzat Nagar, District- Bareilly, 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 21.07.2026 lodged by Piyush Gangwar against four named and 4-5 anonymous persons with the allegation that the accused persons had taken the room in a hotel of informant and started making noise. On raising objection, the accused persons had assaulted the informant, who is owner of the hotel. Two staff of the hotel namely Pankaj and Anuj sustained injuries. The injury of Piyush and Anuj have been examined and as per medico legal report, both suffered injuries simple in nature. The injury of Pankaj has not been examined. It is further submits that no weapon is shown in the FIR and later on it is stated that accused persons had used butt of the country made pistol. It is also shown that one of the accused has opened fire. It is further contended that there is marked improvement in the statement of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ram Surat Patel Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anoop Pal .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) prosecution witnesses. The applicant has criminal history of four cases wherein all cases, the accused applicant has not been summoned. Investigation is continuing and applicant is co-operating in the investigation. The accused applicant is languishing in jail since 28.07.2026. 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. Considering the nature and number of injuries and apparent improvement in the statement of prosecution witnesses, the accused/applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 7. Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. The accused/applicant 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-applicant shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal. October 1, 2026 Sharad/- BAIL No. 35092 of 2026 2 (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHARAD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad