CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 42070 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:102 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 42070 of 2024 Applicant :- Geraid Mathews Mwssy @ Gerald Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- R.P. Tiwari,Rajesh Sharma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Sunil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Sunil Kumar, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. This bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, Gerald Mathews Messy @ Gerald, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 857 of 2024, under Sections 299, 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3, 5 (1) U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, Police Station Nandgram, District Ghaziabad. 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 25.9.2024. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant was not named in the FIR. In the First Information report it has not been mentioned that whose religion was being converted. Learned co