CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 16365 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16365 of 2026 Iftikhar Ali .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vikrant Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 69 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J. 1. Heard Shri Mohd. Sadan, holding brief of Shri Vikrant Gupta, learned counsel for the applicant, and Shri O.P. Singh, learned AGA for the State- respondents and perused the record. 2. The present bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of applicant, with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 43 of 2026, under Section 8/21 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, registered at Police Station Kotwali, District Rampur, during pendency of the trial. 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. It is further submitted co-accused Sher Afgan and Imran Khan have already been granted bail by this Court vide orders dated 12.05.2026 and 11.05.2026 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos.16007 of 202