BAIL/32999/2026 of ANEESH MARATHA Vs STATE OF U.P. on 29 September 2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. and perused the record.

2. The present bail application has been filed with the prayer to enlarge the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 318 of 2025, under Sections 310(2), 317(3), 112(2), 317(5) B.N.S. Police Station Hariparvat, District Agra, during the pendency of the trial.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant was not named in the first information report. The IMEI number of the mobile phone, which was allegedly snatched, was neither disclosed neither in the first information report nor in the statement of the informant. On the basis of the information furnished by an informer, the applicant was arrested alongwith four accused and has been falsely implicated in the present case. False recovery of three phones has been shown from the applicant. There is no independent witness to the alleged recovery. It is next contended that the co-accused - Shyam Maratha, Kishan and Ganesh Rao have been granted bail by this Court vide orders dated 03.11.2026, 10.11.2026 and 31.10.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos.38106 of 2025, 39048 of 2025 and 38005 of 2025. The applicant is in jail since 10.09.2025, he will not misuse the said liberty.

4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail but he has not disputed the above contention made by the learned counsel for the accused- applicant. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Uma Dutt Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Aneesh Maratha .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)

5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, perusing the record and also considering the nature of allegations, arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, I find it to be a fit case for granting bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.

6. Let applicant -Aneesh Maratha be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions, which are being imposed in the interest of justice:-

(i) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the dates fixed, unless his personal presence is exempted.

(ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or any police officer or tamper with the evidence.

(iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social activity.

7. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution will be at liberty to move an application before this Court for cancellation of the bail of the applicant.

8. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. September 30, 2026 S.K. BAIL No. 32999 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- SWEETY KANOJIA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad