HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35856 of 2026 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Yatharth Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Arun Kumar Mishra, learned State Law Officer, for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.396 of 2026, under Section 8/21/29 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Kotwali Dehat, 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. The applicant has nothing to do with said offence. He was not arrested on the spot. The name of the applicant has come up in the confessional statement of co- accused recorded u/s 67 of N.D.P.S. Act which is hit by the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in the case of Tofan Singh vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2021) 4 SCC 1. The criminal history assigned to the applicant stands explained. The applicant is languishing in jail since 15.08.2026. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sunil Kumar, Yatharth Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pradeep Sonkar .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 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 application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant- Pradeep Sonkar, 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 7, 2026 Ashok Gupta BAIL No. 35856 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad