HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13973 of 2026 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Ajay Singh, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. This bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, Shahzad @ Bullet, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 20 of 2026, under Sections 331(4), 317(2), 305 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Dubhar, District Ballia during the pendency of the trial before the Court below. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the accused-applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case crime number. It is further submitted that the F.I.R. dated 04.03.2026 was initially lodged against an unknown person, and the name of the applicant surfaced during the course of investigation on the basis of alleged recovery. Learned counsel contends that there is no independent or eye-witness to the alleged recovery and that no test identification parade was conducted for identification of the jewellery. It is also submitted that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from the course of justice or tampering with the evidence in case he is released on bail. Accordingly, it is prayed that the applicant be enlarged on bail. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Farhan Khan, Nausheen Fatima Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shahzad @ Bullet .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Considering all above facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima facie, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Shahzad @ Bullet, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions: 1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. 2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. 3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co- operate in the trial. 4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. May 5, 2026 Vibha Singh BAIL No. 13973 of 2026 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIBHA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad