HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 2305 of 2026 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J. 1. Heard Mr. Atul Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant, Mr. C.S. Saran, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 291 of 2025, under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2), 351(3) of B.N.S., Police Station Civil Line, District Muzaffar Nagar, with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicant may be released on bail. 3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicants that applicants are innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that co-accused persons Yusuf and Smt. Shakeela have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 17.03.2026 passed in Crl. Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No.-2509 of 2026. It is further submitted that as per allegations in the FIR, the applicants are said to have produced some forged papers in a civil suit pending between the applicants and the first informant. It was also submitted that applicants undertake to co-operate during trial and they would appear as and when required by the investigating agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, applicants are granted anticipatory bail, they shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. has opposed the application for Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Basruddin And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Through Its Principal Secretary (Home) At Lucknow, U.P. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) anticipatory bail. 5. As per allegations in the first information report, the applicants are said to have produced some forged papers in a civil suit pending between the applicants and the first informant. Co-accused persons Yusuf and Smt. Shakeela have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 17.03.2026 passed in Crl. Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No.-2509 of 2026. It is also submitted that the applicants are having no criminal history. 6. It may be stated that in case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694, it has been held by Hon'ble Supreme Court that while deciding anticipatory bail, Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must evaluate entire available material against the accused carefully and that the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into consideration. 7. In the instant case, considering the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, role of applicants and all attending facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, a case for anticipatory bail is made out. 8. The anticipatory bail application is allowed. 9. In the event of arrest of the applicants- Basruddin and Md. Sadiq involved in the aforesaid case crime shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, with the following conditions :- (i) The applicants shall not tamper with evidence and that they would appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted by the Court concerned; (ii) The applicants shall not directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as NABAIL No. 2305 of 2026 2 to dissuade him/her/them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; (iii) The applicants would co-operate during trial and would not misuse the liberty of bail. (iv) The applicants shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned. 10. In default of any of the conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the applicants. March 18, 2026 Virendra NABAIL No. 2305 of 2026 3 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR BHARTEEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad