CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 11059 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11059 of 2026 Umar Farookh .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashish Kumar Gupta, Haidar Ali Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 67 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J. 1. Heard Sri Ashish Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Rakesh Kumar Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Range Case No. 23/Chunar/2025-26, under Sections- 2(16), 9, 39, 40, 44, 49, 49B, 49C, 50 and 51(1) of Wildlife Protection Act, Police Station- Range Chunar, District- Mirzapur, during the pendency of the trial. 3. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case merely on the basis of the recovery of one Red Sand Boa, a non-venomous snake species, along with two other co-accused persons. It is further submitted that the applicant has been falsely implicated as the alleged recovery of the snake has not been made personally from the applicant. It is also submitted that al