CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 26549 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 26549 of 2025 Afzal .....Applicant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pushpendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Roshani Dwivedi Court No. - 66 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Shri Pushpendra Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Ms. Roshani Dwivedi, learned counsel on behalf of the High Court legal services committee and Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. This bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C., has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, Afzal, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 03 of 2023, under Sections 363, 376 (3) I.P.C. and Section 3/4 POCSO Act, Police Station-Atarra, District-Banda. 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 07.01.2023. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that prosecution witnesses, namely, PW.-1 during his examination before the Trial Court has been declared hostile. He has also been cross examined by the le