Arun Yadav @ Monu Yadav vs State of U.P. and Another — Anticipatory Bail | Allahabad HC (2025)

Arun Yadav @ Monu Yadav vs State of U.P. and Another — Anticipatory Bail | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim anticipatory bail granted to the applicant till 19.1.2026 on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount, subject to conditions (not to tamper with evidence and to appear before the trial Court unless exempted; not to make any inducement, threat or promise; to cooperate during trial and not misuse the liberty of interim anticipatory bail; not to leave India without prior permission); prosecution free to seek cancellation on default of conditions; case to be listed fresh on 19.1.2026 and the learned AGA to obtain instructions in the meantime.

Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the applicant, Arun Yadav @ Monu Yadav, in Case Crime No. 480 of 2025 under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 109(1), 3(5) B.N.S., Police Station Sarai Khwaja, District Jaunpur. +1 more

Court's answer

The Court released the applicant, Arun Yadav @ Monu Yadav, on interim anticipatory bail till 19.1.2026 on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned.

Ratio / Principle

The interim grant was made considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the applicant and expressly without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case.

Key takeaways

Interim anticipatory bail was granted subject to conditions: (i) the applicant shall not tamper with evidence and shall appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted; (ii) he 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/her/them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; (iii) he shall cooperate during trial and not misuse the liberty of interim anticipatory bail; (iv) he shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned.ratio¶17
In default of any of the bail conditions, the prosecution is at liberty to file an appropriate application for cancellation of the interim anticipatory bail granted to the applicant.ratio¶24

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Court No. 72), Jitendra Kumar Sinha, J., December 15, 2025 — Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No. 10526 of 2025, Arun Yadav @ Monu Yadav v. State of U.P. and Another. Applicant sought anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 480 of 2025 under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 109(1), 3(5) B.N.S., Police Station Sarai Khwaja, District Jaunpur, apprehending arrest. His counsel urged innocence, that the specific role of assault by firearm had been assigned to co-accused Raj Gaurav and Onkar Singh, that no one suffered any injury as alleged in the FIR, and undertook cooperation with investigation/trial; the A.G.A. had no instructions as yet. Noting the Supreme Court's criteria in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694 (nature and gravity of accusation, antecedents of accused, possibility of fleeing justice, evaluation of available material, and the exact role of the accused), and expressly without expressing any opinion on merits, the Court granted interim anticipatory bail till 19.1.2026 on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties of like amount, imposing conditions (no tampering with evidence and appearance before the trial Court unless exempted; no direct or indirect inducement, threat or promise; cooperation during trial and no misuse of liberty; no departure from India without prior permission), with the prosecution free to seek cancellation of the interim bail upon default of any condition. Case to be listed fresh on 19.1.2026; A.G.A. to obtain instructions in the meantime.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 10526 of 2025

Arun Yadav @ Monu Yadav

.....Applicant(s)

	Versus
State of U.P. and Another	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Counsel for Opposite Party(s):	Abhijeet Pratap Singh, Avadh Pratap Singh Shishodia G.A.

Court No. - 72

HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.

1. Heard Sri Abhijeet Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri B.P. Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

2. Present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 480 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 109(1), 3(5) B.N.S., Police Station Sarai Khwaja District Jaunpur with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicant may be released on bail.

3. At the very outset, learned A.G.A. submits that he has not received any instructions as yet.

4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is innocent and he has an apprehension that he may be arrested in the above-mentioned case. He further submits that no offence is made out against the applicant as specific role of assault by firearm has been assigned to co-accused Raj Gaurav and Onkar Singh. It is further submitted that no one has received any injury in the incident as alleged in the FIR. It is further submitted that the applicant is ready and willing to cooperate in the investigation/trial. It was also submitted that applicant undertakes to co-operate during trial and he would appear as and when

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required by the investigating agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, applicant is granted anticipatory bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail.

5. It may be stated that in case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra , (2011) 1 SCC 694, it has been held by Hon'ble Supreme Court that while deciding anticipatory bail, the Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must evaluate entire available material against the accused carefully and that the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into consideration.

6. Considering the above submissions of the learned counsel for the applicant and without expressing any opinion on merits, the applicant- Arun Yadav @ Monu Yadav involved in the aforesaid case crime be released on interim anticipatory bail on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned till 19.1.2026 with the following conditions :-

(i) The applicant shall not tamper with evidence and that he would appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted by the Court concerned;

(ii) 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/her/them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer;

(iii) The applicant would cooperate during trial and would not misuse the liberty of interim interim anticipatory bail bail.

(iv) The applicant shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned.

7. In default of any of the conditions, the prosecution shall be at

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liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of interim anticipatory bail granted to the applicant herein.

8. List this case as fresh on 19.1.2026.

9. In the meantime, learned AGA may obtain instructions in the matter.

December 15, 2025

Abhishek

(Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.)

Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad