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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22879 of 2026 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record.
2. Heard Sri Mohd. Farooq, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Arun Kumar Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.479 of 2024, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 352, 351(2), 109, 3(5) B.N.S., Police Station- Mawana, District- Meerut, during the pendency of trial.
4. This is the second bail application on behalf of the applicant. The first bail application was rejected by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 25.4.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.4865 of 2025.
5. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that subsequent to the rejection of first bail application, the main assailant Happy Bhati alias Mikul has been enlarged on bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.7.2026 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.14029 of
2025. Furthermore, the applicant has not been assigned the role of having caused gunshot injury to the injured persons in their statement. The criminal history assigned to the applicant has been explained. The applicant is languishing in jail since 19.12.2024, and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Srivastava, Mohd. Farooq Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sonu Alias Diamond .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application but could not dispute the submissions made by the counsel for the applicant.
7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by
learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into
consideration the fact that the main assailant has already been enlarged on bail and also that applicant has not been assigned the role of having caused gunshot injury to the injured, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
8. Let the applicant- Sonu Alias Diamond, 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.
9. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. October 8, 2026 Vikas Verma BAIL No. 22879 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIKAS VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad