CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 30375 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 30375 of 2025 Padmanaman @ Padhmanaban @ Pastor Joshua .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mary Puncha (Sheeb Jose), Mohd. Kalim Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State- respondents and perused the record. 2. This bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, Padmanaman @ Padhmanaban @ Pastor Joshua, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 273 of 2025, under Sections 3/5(1) of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, Police Station- Sindhauli, District- Shahjahanpur. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 26.07.2025. He has no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Learned counsel for the app