Mohammad Jeeshan Khan vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Mohammad Jeeshan Khan vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Bail granted to Mohammad Jeeshan Khan in Case Crime No. 01/2025 (Sections 2/3, U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, P.S. Salon, District Raebareli) on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, subject to conditions: not tampering with prosecution evidence, not pressurizing prosecution witnesses, appearing on every date fixed by the trial court, and filing an affidavit undertaking in terms of Section 19(4) of the said Act not to indulge in any case or misuse the liberty of bail.

Issue for consideration

Whether the accused-applicant Mohammad Jeeshan Khan, involved in Case Crime No. 01/2025 under Sections 2/3 of the U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, Police Station Salon, District Raebareli, should be enlarged on bail.

Court's answer

The Court took into due consideration that in the solitary case mentioned in the gang chart the applicant has been enlarged on bail, and that apart from that solitary case no other case is pending against him.

Ratio / Principle

Considering further that the applicant is languishing in jail since 19.07.2024, the Court found it to be a fit case for enlarging the applicant on bail.

Key takeaways

The bail application is allowed: 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.ratio¶20
A condition of release is that the applicant shall submit an undertaking on affidavit in terms of Section 19(4) of the U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 that he will not indulge in any case for or misuse the liberty of bail.ratio¶24

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail — U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 — Applicant Mohammad Jeeshan Khan, arraigned in Case Crime No. 01/2025 under Sections 2/3 of the Act, P.S. Salon, District Raebareli, and in custody since 19.07.2024, was enlarged on bail by the High Court (Lucknow Bench). The Court noted that the applicant had already been enlarged on bail in the solitary case mentioned in the gang chart and that no other case was pending against him. Release ordered on a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, with conditions barring tampering with evidence or pressure on witnesses, requiring attendance on every trial date, and requiring an affidavit undertaking in terms of Section 19(4) of the Act not to indulge in any case or misuse the liberty of bail. Observations expressly confined to the bail application, with no bearing on the merits of the trial.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 880 of 2026

Mohammad Jeeshan Khan

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko.

.....Opposite Party(s)

Counsel for Applicant(s) Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: Rakesh Pratap Singh : G.A.

Court No. - 15

HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J.

Heard learned counsel for the accused-applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

Learned counsel for accused-applicant while pressing the bail application submits that the accused-applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case as well as in the sole case mentioned in the gang chart. In that case, he has been released on bail. The bail order is on record as Annexure No. 2 to the bail application. Apart from the sole case mentioned in the gang chart, there is no other case pending against the accused applicant.

It has been further submitted that applicant is in jail since 19.07.2024 and if facility of bail is granted, there is no apprehension that he will flee from the judicial process and he will abide by the orders passed by the Court below and will co-operate in speedy trial of the case.

Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail but has not disputed the factual submissions made by the learned counsel for the accusedapplicant.

On due consideration to the fact that in the solitary case mentioned in the gang chart, he has been enlarged on bail; apart from the solitary case mentioned in the gang chart, there is no other case pending against the applicant as well as considering the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 19.07.2024, I find it to be a fit case for enlarging the applicant

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on bail.

Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.

Let the applicant, Mohammad Jeeshan Khan, involved in Case Crime No. 01/2025, under Sections 2/3 of U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, Police Station - Salon District - Raebareli, 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 which are being imposed in the interest of justice:-

(i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence;

(ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses;

(iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial Court.

(iv) The applicant shall submit an undertaking on affidavit in terms of Section 19 (4) of the U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 that he will not indulge in any case for or misuse the liberty of bail.

Any other condition(s) which the trial court/concerned court may deem fit and proper, in the circumstances of the case, may also be imposed.

It is clarified that the observations made in this order are confined to the present bail application and shall have no bearing on the merits of the trial. February 23, 2026 R.C.

(Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.)

Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench