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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32706 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sl. No. 88 out of 208) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised. Supplementary affidavit filed today by the learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record.
2. Heard Sri Sanjeev Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Deepak Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 540 of 2026, under Sections 126(2), 75, 351(3) of BNS and Sections 3/5 of U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, Police Station - Chiluatal, District - Gorakhpur, during the pendency of trial.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the matter. It is submitted that the allegations leveled against the applicant are per se false, as he neither impersonated anyone nor changed his identity. It is further submitted that the victim is an adult aged 22 years and was a consenting party to the relationship. The applicant has no nexus with the alleged offence as narrated in the FIR, carries no prior criminal history, and has been languishing in custody since 21.07.2026.
5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, nature of offence, severity of punishment and particularly the age and consensual stance of the victim, this Court prima facie finds it a fit case to release the applicant on bail.
6. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant- Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sanjeev Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mainuddin .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
Mainuddin, be released on bail 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.
7. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. September 23, 2026 Siddhant BAIL No. 32706 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad