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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35081 of 2026 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J.
1. Heard Sri Zaid Arshad, learned counsel for accused applicants and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. The present bail application has been moved by the applicants accused- Azam and Smt. Amna to enlarge them on bail in Case Crime No. 432 of 2026, under Sections 3/5/8 Cow Slaughter Act, P.S.- Kotwali Dehat, District- Saharanpur, during the pendency of trial. 3. It is the contention of learned counsel for applicant that the accused applicants have been falsely implicated in FIR dated 30.08.2026 lodged by the police against four accused persons including the accused applicants. It is further contended that police has seized 18 Kg of meat from the door of the accused applicants. The cattle meat is left by the co- accused on the door step from where it was recovered. Further submits that the accused persons have no complicity in the case, it is only door step from where incriminating material has been recovered in the absence of any independent witness. The accused applicants have no criminal history. Investigation is continuing and applicants are co-operating in the investigation. The accused applicants are languishing in jail since
30.08.2026. He seeks enlargement of accused on bail. 4. Learned A.G.A. for State opposed the bail application. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Zaid Arshad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Azam And Another .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
6. Considering the arrest and recovery have been made in the absence of any independent witness, the accused/applicants are entitled to be released on bail. 7. Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. The accused/applicants 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 court concerned in view of observation made by the Supreme Court in its dictums of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [(2024) 10 SCC 674] and Policy Strategy for grant of bail in re [(2024)10SCC 685]. 9. The accused-applicants shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal.
October 1, 2026 Sharad/- BAIL No. 35081 of 2026 2 (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHARAD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad