HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6080 of 2026 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to make necessary correction in the memo of the bail application during the course of the day. Heard Shri Virendra Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Arimardan Yadav, 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, Mithun Lona, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 178 of 2024, under Sections 3/5A /8 of the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, Section 11 of Animal Cruelty (Prevention) Act, 1960, Police Station-Maharaj Ganj, District-Jaunpur. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case crime number. The applicant is languishing in jail since 03.07.2025. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that neither the applicant was named in the First Information Report nor was arrested from the spot nor any incriminating material has been recovered from the applicant. Name of the applicant has been surfaced in the statement of the co-accused Fatte. It has been further stated recovery shown from the alleged vehicle of 7 live progenies. There is no independent witness of the aforesaid recovery. Criminal antecedents of four cases has been properly explained and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Virendra Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mithun Lona .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) on bail. Hence, bail has been prayed for. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed, but could not dispute the aforesaid facts. Considering all those 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 case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Mithun Lona, 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 their 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. March 19, 2026 Deepak/ BAIL No. 6080 of 2026 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- DEEPAK KUMAR KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad