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2026 DAILYLAW 1362 (ALL)

ARYAN GUPTA v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/16706/2026 · 2026-05-17

Rajiv Lochan Shukla

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16706 of 2026 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail during the trial in Case Crime No.22 of 2024, under Sections 147, 352, 336, 308, 326 IPC, Police Station- Kakadev, District Kanpur Nagar. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant is not named in the First Information Report (FIR) even the injured in his statement recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. has made specific allegation against Rohit Shukla, Raj Gautam, Sahil Srivastava and Ashish Kumar. No specific allegation has been made against the applicant. The co-accused Rajvir Verma, Rohit Shukla, Raj Gautam, Sahil Srivastava have already been enlarged on bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos.39336 of 2025, 15239 of 2024, 8942 of 2024 and 9269 of 2024 vide orders dated 11.11.2025, 07.05.2024, 18.03.2024 and 07.03.2024, respectively. Therefore, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. The applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 29.03.2026. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Himanshu Mishra, Priyadarshini Shandilya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Aryan Gupta .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) in the trial proceedings. 4. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for grant of bail, however, could not point out any criminal antecedents of the applicant. 5. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties. 6. Taking into account the entire facts and circumstances of the case, the period of detention of the applicant and the fact that the co-accused have already been released on bail by this Court, a prima facie case for grant of bail is made out. 7. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant – Aryan Gupta, involved in the aforementioned crime be released on bail, on his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable 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. ii. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. iii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. iv. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial Court, unless his personal appearance is exempted by the Court concerned. 9. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the trial Court will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his/her bail. 10. It is made clear that the applicant shall be released on the basis of computer generated copy of this order, downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad and verified by the concerned counsel with the undertaking that the certified copy will be filed within 15 days. BAIL No. 16706 of 2026 2 11. It is further directed that the trial court shall send the release order to the concerned jail through Bail Order Management System (BOMS) to ensure early release of the applicant. 12. The observations made hereinabove are exclusively for deciding the instant bail application and shall not be construed as an opinion on the merits of the case. May 18, 2026 Kushal BAIL No. 16706 of 2026 3 (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad