CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 14242 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:84668 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14242 of 2025 Applicant :- Asha Devi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Prateek Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Prateek Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Anil Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record of the case. The present bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed on behalf of applicant, Asha Devi with a prayer to release her on bail in Case Crime No. 109 of 2024, under Section 8/21/27A/29/60 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Shahganj, District- Sonbhadra. Learned counsel for the applicant has contended that applicant is not named in the FIR. She has not been arrested from the spot. Her name surfaced on the record on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Rajesh Kayshap, who said that applicant along with co-accused Maya Devi used to sell the contraband. Except this, there is nothing on the record. The confessional statement is not admissible in the eyes of law. It