CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. 5018 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 5018 of 2026 Afzal Quraishi .....Applicant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohammad Waseem, Zulekha Begum Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 71 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J. 1. Heard Ms. Zulekha Begum, learned counsel for the applicant and Learned AGA for the State. 2. The present anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of BNSS has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to release him on anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 492 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 221, 223, 302, 109, 132, 352, 351(2), 351(3), 61, 61(2) BNS, P.S. Kotwali, District Bareilly during pendency of the trial. 3. It is contended by learned counsel for the applicant that the accused/applicant has been falsely implicated in the FIR dated 27.09.2025 lodged by the police against 15 named and 450 unnamed persons. The name of accused/applicant is not shown in the FIR. During investigation the name of accused/applicant has been figured out from the statement of one of the witnesses. The matter pertain to Bareilly Riots, wherein the a