HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35108 of 2026 Court No. - 65 HON'BLE SAMEER JAIN, J. 1. Heard Sri Atul Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Shatrughan Yadav, learned AGA for the State-respondent. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 150 of 2026, under Sections 103(1) BNS, Police Station Mansoorpur, District Muzaffarnagar, during pendency of the trial in the court below. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that however applicant is named in the FIR alongwith co-accused Aniket but it is a case of circumstantial evidence and except evidence of last seen and confessional statement of the applicant and co-accused recorded by the Investigating Officer, there is no other cogent evidence against the applicant on record. 4. He further submitted that co-accused Aniket has been released on bail by the co- ordinate Bench of this Court and his bail order has been annexed at page 89 of the paper book and case of applicant is at par with him. 5. He further submitted that applicant was not having any previous criminal history and he is in jail in the present matter since 13.6.2026. 6. Per contra, learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the arguments on facts advanced by learned counsel for the applicant. 7. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record of the case. 8. However applicant is named in the FIR alongwith co-accused Aniket but it is a case of circumstantial evidence and it reflects except evidence of last seen and confessional statement of the applicant and co-accused recorded by the Investigating Officer, there is no other cogent evidence against the applicant on record. 9. Further co-accused Aniket has been released on bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court and case of applicant is at par with him. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Arun .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Though It Principal Secretary (Home) .....Opposite Party(s) 10. Further applicant was not having any previous criminal history and he is in jail in the present matter since 13.6.2026 i.e. for last three and half months. 11. Therefore, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, discussed above, in my view, applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 12. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. 13. Let the applicant-Arun, 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 the court concerned with the following conditions:- (i) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the dates fixed, unless his personal presence is exempted. (ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make 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 any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social activity. 14. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution will be at liberty to move an application before this Court for cancellation of the bail of the applicant. 15. 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. October 1, 2026 Ankita BAIL No. 35108 of 2026 2 (Sameer Jain,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANKITA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad