Sanjeev Pathak @ Sudhir Sharma v. State of U.P.
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Allahabad High Court, Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:140172; CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 25488 of 2025; decided 18.8.2025 by Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary, J. Bail allowed for applicant Sanjeev Pathak @ Sudhir Sharma in Case Crime No. 416/2021 under Sections 419, 420, 406, 504, 506, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC (police station/district names OCR-garbled in source). Grounds: holistic consideration of record and nature of allegations; no reasonable likelihood of tampering with evidence or witness intimidation. Release on personal bond and sureties subject to standard conditions (no tampering, no witness intimidation, appearance, no misuse of liberty, no inducement to witnesses); trial court empowered to cancel bail on breach. Defence relied on parity with co-accused Vishal Sharma (Bail Application No. 44748/2022, allowed by coordinate bench) and custody since 21.09.2021; applicant stated not named in FIR — recorded as submissions only. Keywords: bail, IPC 419/420/406/504/506/467/468/471/120-B, conditions of bail, Uttar Pradesh, 2025.