HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31425 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sr. No.8 out of 185) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Prabhansh Pathak, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Deepak Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.372 of 2026, under Section 8/20/60 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Rasoolpur, District- Firozabad, 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. In all, four persons were arrested at the spot carrying 6.781 Kg. of Charas by the police and the applicant is stated to be the person to whom the said contraband was to be supplied. The allegations levelled against the applicant are per se false and he has nothing to do with the said offence. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has further submitted that the alleged contraband was neither in the conscious possession of the applicant nor was it recovered from his possession. It is contended that the said bag was being carried by the co-accused persons and, therefore, no recovery can be attributed to the present applicant. The allegations against the applicant are vague, and as such, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. There is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prabhansh Pathak, Sudhir Kumar Pathak Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Manoj Kumar .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 14.7.2026. The applicant is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application. 7. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties, perusal of record and considering the complicity of accused, severity of punishment as well as totality of facts and circumstances coupled with the fact that no recovery has been made from the possession of the applicant, without commenting on the merits of the case, prima facie, I find it a fit case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Manoj Kumar, 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. September 8, 2026 Vikas Verma BAIL No. 31425 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIKAS VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad