HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31680 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sr. No.20 out of 318) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Afzal Ali, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ram Mohit Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.0597 of 2026, under Section 8/21 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Faridpur, District Bareilly, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per the allegations of the FIR, 255 grams of smack is said to have been recovered from the possession of the applicant by the police on 12.08.2026. 5. 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. The allegations are per se false. The quantity of the contraband has been inflated by the police merely to bring it within the commercial category. There is no compliance of mandatory provisions of Sections 50 and 52-A of the N.D.P.S. Act. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 12.08.2026. 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. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Afzal Ali Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shakir .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration that there is no compliance with the mandatory provisions of Sections 50 and 52-A of the N.D.P.S. Act, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima-facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Shakir, 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 9, 2026 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 31680 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad