Allahabad High Court
BAIL/21968/2026 of SHAN ILAHI @ SONU Vs STATE OF U.P. on 7 October 2026
JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 21968 of 2026 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Khalid Mahmood, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri R. P. Patel, learned State Law Officer and perused the material placed on record. 3.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 21968 of 2026
Court No. - 68
HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
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1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Khalid Mahmood, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri R. P. Patel, learned State Law Officer and perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 373 of 2026, under Sections 3/5/12/25 Arms Act, Police Station Lisari Gate, District Meerut, during the pendency of trial.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that allegations are per-se false. The name of the applicant has come up in the confessional statement of co accused person. Subsequently false recovery has been foisted upon the applicant. It is further submitted that semi manufactured weapons are said to have been recovered but the allegations are per-se false. The said equipment and materials are country made. It is further submitted that the applicant has explained the criminal history.
5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions made by learned counsels for the parties, particularly the fact that applicant has been implicated in the case merely on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused person, which has no evidentiary value in the eyes of law, coupled with the fact that criminal history assigned to the applicant stands explained, and Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Khalid Mahmood, Vivek Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shan Ilahi @ Sonu .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is, prima facie, of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
6. Let the applicant- Shan Ilahi @ Sonu, be released on bail in the aforementioned case crime 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.
7. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. October 8, 2026 RavindraKSingh BAIL No. 21968 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVINDRA KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad