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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 34363 of 2026 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Shams Uz Zaman, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Anit Kumar Shukla, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.06 of 2025, Under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 4/13 and 7/13 of the Uttar Pradesh Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, Police Station- Lanka, District-Varanasi, 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. The applicant did not authorized any other person to appear on his behalf. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 19.08.2026. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail.
5. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application but the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant could not be disputed.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Quasim Khan, Shams Uz Zaman Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Manish Kumar .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
application is allowed.
7. Let the applicant- Manish Kumar, 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. 34363 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad