CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 36594 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:45772 Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 36594 of 2024 Applicant :- Ashraf Ali Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Abhishek Mishra,Ramajan Ahmad Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State. There is allegation against the applicant of running an unauthorized telephone exchange. Counsel for the applicant submits that most of the offences alleged are of minor nature. The applicant is in jail since 24.07.2024 and has no criminal history to his credit. On the other hand learned A.G.A has opposed the prayer for bail. Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties noted above, finding force in the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicant, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, considering the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another reported in (2018) 3 SCC 22 and recent judgment dated 11.07.2022 of the Apex Court in the case of Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enfo