HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15561 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 instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 741 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87 of the B.N.S., Police Station- Kotwali, District- Mathura. 3. The learned counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further contends that the applicant has no concern with the crime in question. The First Information Report (FIR) although has been lodged against the applicant, however, the victims in their statements under Section 183 B.N.S.S., have not named the applicant and have only named the co- accused Lakhan. In their statements under Section 183 B.N.S.S., the victims have stated that they had left their house as their mother had scolded them and then had returned on their own will. They had not been detained by the applicant or the co-accused Lakhan and there is also no allegation of sexual assault. The learned counsel has further submitted that co-accused Lakhan has been granted bail by this Court in Bail Application No.9803 of 2026. 4. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail, however, could not dispute the fact that the co-accused Lakhan has been granted bail by this Court and the case of the applicant stands on a similar footing. 5. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Jigyasha Tripathi, Surendra Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Negi Khan .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. The applicant although named in the FIR, is not mentioned in the statement of the victims under Section 183 B.N.S.S. From a perusal of the statement of the victims recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S., prima facie it appears that no offence has been committed. The applicant has no criminal antecedents and his case is at par with that of the co-accused Lakhan. 7. Taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, enumerated above and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant bail to the applicant. 8. Let the applicant - Negi Khan, involved in the aforementioned crime be released on bail, on his furnishing a personal bond and two 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 Court below 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. 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. May 7, 2026 Kushal BAIL No. 15561 of 2026 2 (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad