CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 15973 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15973 of 2026 Junaid .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Satsangi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 72 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard, Learned counsel for the applicant, 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 Case Crime No.329 of 2025, under Sections 140(2), 115(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) B.N.S., Police Station- Alapur, District- Budaun. 3. The Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant has not been named in the First Information Report. The applicant and the co-accused are stated to have abducted the victim and demanded a ransom of Rs.50 lakhs. The victim, however, has not been recovered from the possession of the applicant or the co-accused. No allegation of sexual assault has been made against the applicant in the statement of the victim. The Learned counsel for the applicant further contends that the similarly situated co-accused viz. N