Chandresh Yadav Vs State of U.P. — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Chandresh Yadav Vs State of U.P. — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Bail granted: applicant to be released on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with conditions not to tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and to appear before the trial court as required.

Issue for consideration

Whether the applicant, arraigned in Case Crime No.06 of 2026 under Sections 123, 351(3), 64, 78 BNS, Police Station Nizamabad, District Azamgarh, is entitled to be released on bail during the pendency of trial.

Court's answer

Taking into account that there is no date and time of the offence mentioned in the FIR and that a case of a consensual relationship between two adolescents has been converted into a criminal one by the victim, and without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court prima facie held that the applicant has made out a case for bail.

Ratio / Principle

The applicant Chandresh Yadav is to be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required; breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail, and the observations shall not affect the trial on merits.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Krishan Pahal, J.) allowed a bail application under Sections 123, 351(3), 64 and 78 BNS arising out of Case Crime No.06 of 2026, Police Station Nizamabad, District Azamgarh. Prosecution alleged that the applicant befriended the victim, a relative, clicked indecent photographs and videos of her, blackmailed her and demanded Rs. 80,000/-. The defence urged false implication, absence of date and time of the offence in the FIR, non-recovery of any videos or photographs, and that a consensual relationship between two adolescents was converted into a criminal case after they fell apart; the applicant had no criminal history and was in jail since 19.03.2026. The learned State Law Officer opposed the bail application but could not dispute the submissions of the applicant's counsel. Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court prima facie found that a case for bail was made out and directed release on a personal bond and two sureties, subject to verification, with conditions against tampering with evidence or intimidating witnesses and requiring appearance before the trial court; breach of conditions to entail cancellation, and the observations not to affect the trial on merits.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13902 of 2026

Chandresh Yadav

.....Applicant(s)

Versus
State of U.P.	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Shadab Alam
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 65

(Sr. No.52 out of 205)

HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

List has been revised.

Heard Sri Shadab Alam, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Jai Kishan Chaurasia, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record.

Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.06 of 2026, under Sections 123, 351(3), 64, 78 BNS, Police Station Nizamabad, District Azamgarh, during the pendency of trial.

As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to have befriended the victim as he was her relative, clicked certain indecent photographs and videos of her, started blackmailing her, and even demanded Rs. 80,000/from her.

Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The allegations are, per se, false. There is no date and time of the offence mentioned in the FIR. There is no recovery of any videos or photographs of the victim. A case of a consensual relationship between two adolescents has been converted into a criminal one by the victim, as both have fallen apart. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 19.03.2026. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail.

Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application

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but could not dispute the submissions made by the counsel for the applicant.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration that there is no date and time of the offence mentioned in the FIR and that a case of a consensual relationship between two adolescents has been converted into a criminal one by the victim, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima-facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed .

Let the applicant- Chandresh Yadav , be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required.

Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits.

(Krishan Pahal,J.)

May 5, 2026

(Ravi Kant)

Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad