HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 29490 of 2026 Court No. - 70 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. This bail application has been moved on behalf of applicant seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 313 of 2025, under Sections 318(3), 62, 351(3), 179 B.N.S., P.S. Delhi Gate, District Aligarh. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR and is innocent. It is submitted that the applicant was not named in the subject FIR. It is further submitted that the alleged recovery of fake currency was made from the possession of co-accused Zikrul Hasan @ Rocky, who has already been enlarged on bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 10.12.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 43447 of 2025. No any fake currency has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. The criminal history of the applicant has been duly explained in the supplementary affidavit. The applicant has been languishing in jail since 13.07.2026. It is further submitted that the applicant undertakes that, in the event of being enlarged on bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail and shall cooperate with the trial. It has also been submitted that, having regard to the heavy pendency of cases before the Court, there is no likelihood of the trial being concluded in the near future. The prayer for bail has been vehemently opposed by learned A.G.A. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anupam Kumar Shukla, Shiv Sharan Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mukesh Kumar Chaudhary .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Learned A.G.A. has drawn the attention of the Court to the counter- affidavit filed on behalf of the State and submits that the applicant has already been dismissed from service pursuant to a departmental enquiry. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, perusing the record, evidence and also considering the nature of allegations, arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail during the pendency of the trial. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. Let applicant, Mukesh Kumar Chaudhary be released on bail in the aforesaid case on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:- (i). The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. (ii). The applicant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. (iii). The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted. (iv). The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected. (v). 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 or tamper with the evidence. It is further directed that the identity, status and residence proof of the sureties be verified by the authorities concerned before they are accepted. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the trial court will be at liberty to cancel the bail. BAIL No. 29490 of 2026 2 It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. September 29, 2026 Brijesh BAIL No. 29490 of 2026 3 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad