CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 10953 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:48817 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10953 of 2025 Applicant :- Afjal Ahmad Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sushil Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Mohammed Shadan,Mohd. Aslam Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J. 1. Heard Shri Sushil Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant; Sri Mohd. Aslam, learned counsel for the informant and Sri Kunwar Tejendra Bahadur, learned A.G.A. for the State- respondent. 2. The instant bail application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.345 of 2024, under Sections 103(1), 3(5) & 61(2)(ka) BNS, Police Station Nagla, District Saharanpur, during pendency of the trial in the court below. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that however, applicant is named in the FIR along-with three others but admittedly informant of the case was not an eye-witness. 4. It is next submitted that during investigation, Investigation Officer recorded the statement of the witness-Rao Sahwar Chauhan, who claimed himself to be an eye-witness and according to him, due to the fire opened by co-accused Shadab @ Sonu, Amir and one unknown person,