Mohammad Arwaz Siddiqui vs State of U.P. — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Mohammad Arwaz Siddiqui vs State of U.P. — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Release of applicant Mohammad Arwaz Siddiqui on bail in Case Crime No. 280 of 2025 (P.S. Bidhuna, District Auraiya, S. 3(1) U.P. Gangsters Act) on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, subject to the stated conditions.

Issue for consideration

Whether the applicant, Mohammad Arwaz Siddiqui, should be released on bail in Case Crime No. 280 of 2025, Police Station Bidhuna, District Auraiya, registered under Section 3(1) of the U.P. Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, during the pendency of trial.

Court's answer

The bail application is allowed, without expressing any opinion on the merits.

Ratio / Principle

The applicant is to be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned.

Key takeaways

Release is subject to conditions: the applicant shall not tamper with prosecution evidence by intimidating or pressurizing witnesses; shall cooperate sincerely in trial without seeking adjournments; shall not indulge in any criminal activity after release. Breach of any condition shall be a ground for cancellation of bail, and identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties is to be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted.ratio¶¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Krishan Pahal, J.) allows Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 32364 of 2025 by Mohammad Arwaz Siddiqui seeking bail in Case Crime No. 280 of 2025, Police Station Bidhuna, District Auraiya, under Section 3(1) of the U.P. Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, during the pendency of trial. Counsel for the applicant argued that the Gangsters Act prosecution rested on four gang-chart cases in which the applicant had already been enlarged on bail, that he was falsely implicated owing to police rivalry, was neither a gang member nor a previous convict, and had been in custody since 5.8.2025; the learned AGA opposed the bail prayer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court allowed bail on a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount, subject to conditions that the applicant not tamper with prosecution evidence or intimidate/pressurize witnesses, cooperate sincerely in trial without seeking adjournments, and refrain from criminal activity after release; breach of any condition to be a ground for cancellation of bail, with identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties to be verified before acceptance of bonds.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32364 of 2025

Mohammad Arwaz Siddiqui

	Versus .....Applicant(s)
State of U.P.	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Ansar Ahmad, Sandhya Chaturvedi
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 67

HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

List has been revised.

Heard Ms. Sandhya Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Deepak Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the State and perused the material placed on record.

Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 280 of 2025, under Section 3(1) of U.P. Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, Police Station - Bidhuna, District - Auraiya, during the pendency of trial.

It is argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that the prosecution under the Gangsters Act has been launched against the applicant on the basis of four criminal cases shown in the gang chart in which he has already been enlarged on bail by the court concerned. He has been falsely implicated in the present case due to police rivalry. He is not a member of any gang. The applicant is not a previous convict. The applicant is languishing in jail since 5.8.2025 and in case, he is enlarged on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and shall cooperate with trial.

Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail prayer of the applicant.

Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the bail application is allowed . Let the applicant - Mohammad Arwaz Siddiqui , involved in aforesaid crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and

BAIL No. 32364 of 2025

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two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions that :-

i. The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence by intimidating/ pressurizing the witnesses, during the investigation or trial. ii. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment.

iii. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail.

In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted.

(Krishan Pahal,J.)

September 19, 2025

Siddhant

Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad