Shoyeb Vs State of U.P. — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Allahabad HC (2026)

Shoyeb Vs State of U.P. — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Applicant Shoyeb 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, on conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required.

Issue for consideration

Whether applicant Shoyeb, who is not named in the FIR and whose name surfaced only in the statement of a squealer, is entitled to bail in Case Crime No. 473 of 2025 (Sections 103(1), 190, 191(2), 191(3) B.N.S. and Section 4/25 Arms Act, Police Station Kairana, District Shamli) during the pendency of trial.

Court's answer

The applicant is not named in the FIR; his name has come up only in the statement of a squealer, which the Court held has no evidentiary value.

Ratio / Principle

Prima facie the applicant has made out a case for bail and the bail application is allowed; the applicant is to be released on a personal bond and two sureties, subject to verification of sureties, with conditions not to tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and to appear before the trial court as required.

Key takeaways

Breach of any bail condition shall entail cancellation of bail, and the observations made by the Court shall not affect the trial on merits.ratio¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail — Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 9376 of 2026, Shoyeb v. State of U.P., High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Krishan Pahal, J., March 19, 2026. Applicant sought bail in Case Crime No. 473 of 2025, Police Station Kairana, District Shamli, under Sections 103(1), 190, 191(2), 191(3) B.N.S. and Section 4/25 of the Arms Act, during the pendency of trial. Held: the applicant was not named in the FIR and his name had come up only in the statement of a squealer, which the Court held has no evidentiary value; without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court was prima facie of the view that a case for bail was made out. Bail application allowed: applicant released on 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; breach of any condition to entail cancellation of bail; observations not to affect the trial on merits.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9376 of 2026

Shoyeb

.....Applicant(s)

	Versus
State of U.P.			.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Atul Kumar Yadav	Kushwaha,	Ray Sahab
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 66

(Sr. No.17 out of 116)

HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

List has been revised.

Heard Sri Atul Kumar Kushwaha, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri V.K.S. Parmar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.

Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.473 of 2025, under Sections 103(1), 190, 191(2), 191(3) B.N.S. and Section 4/25 of Arms Act, Police Station Kairana, District Shamli, during the pendency of trial.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration that the applicant is not named in the FIR and his name has come up in the statement of a squealer, which has no evidentiary value, 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. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed .

Let the applicant- Shoyeb , 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.

BAIL No. 9376 of 2026

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

(Krishan Pahal,J.)

March 19, 2026

(Ravi Kant)

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