HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 34178 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sr. No.127 of 278) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Randhir Jain, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ram Mohit Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.0150 of 2026, under Section 8/20 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Ahraura, District Mirzapur, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case with a view to cause unnecessary harassment and to victimize him. A false recovery of 15 kg of ganja has been foisted on the applicant and other co- accused. The recovered contraband is below the commercial quantity. There is no compliance of the mandatory provisions of Sections 52-A & 57 of the N.D.P.S. Act. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 30.07.2026. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration that the recovered contraband is below the commercial quantity and there being no compliance with the mandatory provisions of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Praveen Kumar Dwivedi, Randhir Jain Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pradyumn Kanoujiya .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Section 52-A & 57 of the N.D.P.S. Act, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima-facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant- Pradyumn Kanoujiya, be released on bail in the aforementioned case crime on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required. 8. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. October 5, 2026 Ashok Gupta BAIL No. 34178 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad