CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 395 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 395 of 2026 Virendra Gaud .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pradeep Yadav, Puneet Krishna Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 66 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Pradeep Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 0306 of 2025, under Section 103(1) of BNS, Police Station - Chopan, District - Sonbhadra, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. He is not named in the FIR. His name has subsequently been added by the prosecution as an afterthought on the basis of suspicion only. 5. Learned counsel has further submitted that the FIR is delayed by about 12 hours and there is no explanation of the said delay caused. It is also argued that although an allegation has been levelled against the