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2026 DAILYLAW 904 (ALL)

KUNAL YADAV v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/12977/2026 · 2026-04-19

Yogesh Dubey Joint Registrar Judicial

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12977 of 2026 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J. 1. Heard Sri Vinit Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Chandra Shekhar Saran, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. The present bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of applicant with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 0012 of 2025, under Sections 318(2), 319(2), 338(3), 3(5) BNS and Sections 66C and 66D of I.T. Act, registered at Police Station Cyber Crime Police, District Fatehpur during pendency of the trial. 3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case and he has been languishing in jail since 5.12.2025. It is further submitted that the FIR has been lodged against unknown and co-accused Prince Patel has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 6.1.2026 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 5700 of 2026. It is submitted that during investigation it has surfaced the applicant has received Rs. 2,41,000/- in his bank account, however, entire amount of Rs. 4,90,000/- which is said to have been credited in the bank account of applicant and co-accused has already been returned by Radha Devi, mother of Prince Patel. It is also submitted that the applicant undertakes that he will not misuse the liberty, if granted. It has also been pointed out that in the wake of heavy pendency of cases in the Court, there is no Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vinit Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Kunal Yadav .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) likelihood of any early conclusion of trial. 4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the applicant. 5. FIR has been lodged against unknown and during investigation it has surfaced that the applicant is said to have received Rs. 2,41,000/- in his bank account and another accused is said to have received some amount in his bank account. Co-accused Prince Patel has already been granted bail by this Court and entire amount of Rs. 4,90,000/- is said to have been refunded to Radha Devi, mother of Prince Patel. 6. Upon considering the totality of facts, nature and the evidence reflected from record and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, I find it to be a fit case for bail. Hence, the present bail application is ALLOWED. 7. Let the applicant- Kunal Yadav involved in the aforesaid case crime be released on bail on his 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 applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any 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 to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (ii) The applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses. (iii) The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 351 of B.N.S.S. (iv) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in the trial court. (v) The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date BAIL No. 12977 of 2026 2 fixed, either personally or through his counsel. 8. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 9. It is clarified that anything said in this order is limited to the purpose of determination of this bail application and will in no way be construed as an expression on the merits of the case. The trial court shall be absolutely free to arrive at its independent conclusions on the basis of evidence led unaffected by anything said in this order. April 20, 2026 Abhishek BAIL No. 12977 of 2026 3 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad