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Haneef v. State of U.P.

Allahabad HC7 Oct 2025BAIL/33822/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Bail granted; Allahabad High Court; Haneef v. State of U.P.; CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 33822 of 2025; decided 07.10.2025 by Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, J.; Case Crime No. 204 of 2024, Sections 137(2), 87 B.N.S., P.S. Aliganj, District Etah; victim's Section 183 BNSS statement cited by counsel as showing she left home voluntarily after parental beating; applicant in jail since 21.06.2025, no criminal history; released on personal bond and two sureties each in like amount with standard bail conditions.

What did the court decide?

Regular bail granted to applicant Haneef during the trial in Case Crime No. 204 of 2024, on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, subject to the four stated conditions; identity, status and residence proof of applicant and sureties to be verified by the court concerned before bonds are accepted.

Haneef vs State of U.P. — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the applicant Haneef, in custody since 21.06.2025 in Case Crime No. 204 of 2024 (Sections 137(2), 87 B.N.S., P.S. Aliganj, District Etah), is entitled to be released on bail during the trial.

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Court's answer

Considering the entire facts and circumstances, submissions of counsel, nature of offence, evidence and complicity of accused, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail.

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Ratio / Principle

The applicant shall be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to conditions (no inducement/threat/promise or tampering with evidence; sincere cooperation in trial/investigation without adjournments; no criminal activity after release; attendance per bond conditions), breach of which shall be ground for cancellation of bail, with identity, status and residence proof of applicant and sureties to be verified before bonds are accepted.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, J.) grants regular bail to Haneef, in custody since 21.06.2025 in Case Crime No. 204 of 2024 under Sections 137(2), 87 B.N.S., P.S. Aliganj, District Etah. Counsel relied on the victim's Section 183 BNSS statement that she left home on her own after being beaten by her parents and went to her elder sister's house, and urged the applicant was falsely implicated with no criminal history. Without expressing any opinion on merits, and considering the nature of offence, evidence and complicity, the Court held the applicant entitled to enlargement on bail on a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, imposing standard conditions against inducement/evidence-tampering, requiring sincere cooperation in the trial, abstention from criminal activity and compliance with bond terms, breach being ground for cancellation; identity, status and residence proof of applicant and sureties to be verified before bonds accepted.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33822 of 2025

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Haneef

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	Versus	.....Applicant(s)
State of U.P.		.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Phool Singh Yadav,	Vaibhav Yadav
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

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Court No. - 69

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HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J.

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Heard Sri Phool Singh Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Raushan Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

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Instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail during the trial in Case Crime No. 204 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87 B.N.S., Police Station- Aliganj, District Etah.

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Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that though allegation has been made in the FIR against the applicant and co-accused persons for enticing away the victim girl but the victim girl, in her statement recorded under Section 183 BNSS, has specifically stated that she herself left her house because her parents beaten her thereafter she went to her elder sister's house. He further submitted that no allegation has been made against the applicant and he has been falsely implicated. He also added that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 21.06.2025. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings.

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On the other hand, learned A.G.A. for the State opposed the prayer for bail.

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Thus, considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of accused and without expressing

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BAIL No. 33822 of 2025

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any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail.

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Let the applicant- Haneef involved in the aforementioned crime 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, with the following conditions:-

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i. The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.

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ii. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial/investigation sincerely without seeking any adjournment.

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

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iv. The applicant shall attend in accordance with the conditions of the bond executed by him.

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