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Govind @ Akash vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others

Allahabad High Court6 May 2026Krishan Pahal

Ratio decidendi

The rule this decision rests on

Where an applicant in custody has been detained for an extended period, expresses readiness to cooperate with trial, and there is unexplained delay in lodging the FIR coupled with absence of medical corroboration, the applicant establishes a case for grant of bail during the pendency of trial. Bail granted under conditions of personal bond and sureties shall include the conditions that the applicant shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required. Breach of bail conditions constitutes a ground for cancellation of bail. Observations made by the appellate court in granting bail shall not bind or influence the trial court in forming its independent opinion based on the evidence and testimony of witnesses at trial.

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Judgment

As delivered

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABADNeutral Citation No. - 2026:AHC:105158HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABADCRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15346 of 2026Govind @ Akash.....Applicant(s)VersusState Of U.P. And 3 Others.....Opposite Party(s)Counsel for Applicant(s):Sukrampal, Tikendra Pratap SinghCounsel for Opposite Party(s):G.A.Court No. - 65(Sl. No. 51 out of 259)HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

1. List has been revised. As informed by learned A.G.A. notice to the informant has been served on 23.4.2026.

2. Heard Sri Tikendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri D.K. Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.

3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 434 of 2025, under Sections 65(1), 123, 351(2) BNS and 3/4(2) POCSO Act, Police Station Chhata, District Mathura, during the pendency of trial.

ARGUMENTS ON BEHALF OF APPLICANT:

4. The applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The FIR is delayed by more than five months and there is no explanation of the said delay caused.

5. It is true that victim is minor but the instant case is a clear-cut case of false implication, as he has been implicated in another case of similar nature by the villagers out of vengeance and in the said case, the bail application of the applicant is pending before this Court. There is no medical corroboration of the incident.

6. The applicant is languishing in jail since 5.9.2025 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail.

ARGUMENTS ON BEHALF OF STATE/INFORMANT:

7. Learned A.G.A. opposed the bail application but could not dispute the aforesaid submissions of learned counsel for the applicant.

CONCLUSION:

8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration the delay of more than five months in lodging the FIR, there being no medical corroboration of the incident and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.

9. Let the applicant- Govind @ Akash, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to verification of sureties, with the condition that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required.

10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.

11. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses.

(Krishan Pahal,J.)

May 6, 2026

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