HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22808 of 2026 Court No. - 70 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 224 of 2026, under Sections 308(5), 352, 351(2) BNS, Police Station Kotwali Orai, District Jalaun, during the pendency of trial. It is argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. As per prosecution version, the informant lodged the subject FIR against the applicant with the allegation that on the date of incident, when informant was parking his vehicle out of house, the applicant came and stopped to park vehicle and started abusing and snatched Rs. 10,000/- from his pocket and also threatened and demanded to Rs. 10 Lacs and also threatened that if informant does not pay Rs. 10 lacs, he will kill the informant. Criminal history of the applicant has duly been explained in para '14' of the bail application. It is submitted that applicant is innocent, he has neither snatched Rs. 10,000/- from the informant. There is no any eye witness or independent witness of the alleged incident. It is submitted that whose cases have been shown against the applicant, in almost case, the applicant has been acquitted or granted bail. The applicant is languishing in jail since 24.4.2026 and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Gaytri Rajput, Indra Pal Singh Rajpoot Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shankar Singh Lodhi @ Shankar Dada .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Per contra, learned AGA, however, opposed the prayer for bail. Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of the punishment, and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail during the pendency of the trial. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. Let applicant-Shankar Singh Lodhi @ Shankar Dada be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:- (i) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the dates fixed, unless his personal presence is exempted. (ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social activity. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution will be at liberty to move an application before this Court for cancellation of the bail of the applicant. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. September 8, 2026 Brijesh BAIL No. 22808 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad