HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4435 of 2026 Ahsan Ahmad .....Applicant(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ramakar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 13 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J. 1. Heard Sri Ramakar Shukla, learned counsel for accused applicant and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant accused-Ahsan Ahmad to enlarge him on bail in Case Crime No. 01 of 2026, under Sections 7 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, P.S.- Munshiganj, District-Amethi, during the pendency of trial.

3. It is contended by learned counsel that the accused/applicant has been falsely implicated in the FIR dated 19.02.2026 lodged by the police officials on the basis of complaint made by a retired employee Brijesh Kumar Singh, who has lodged the allegation that the accused/applicant who is Clerk in the Tubewell Department as asked for Rs. 15,000/- for processing of his pension papers. On 19.02.2026 Rs. 15,000/- was forcefully pushed in the pocket of the applicant and thereafter he has been implicated on recovery of money. It is further submitted that the applicant is only a Clerk. All the processing of pension is on-line. A false allegation has been levelled against the applicant. The charge sheet is submitted. The applicant is already suspended on administrative side. The applicant is languishing in jail since 19.02.2026. As such, he seeks the applicant be released on bail. 4. Opposing the bail application learned A.G.A. for State submits that the accused/applicant has been apprehended red handed by the police with money, which was recovered from his pocket in the office. After the BAIL No. 4435 of 2026 2 investigation, the charge sheet is submitted. All the material collected during investigation clearly shows the involvement of accused/applicant in taking the money and seeks rejection. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

6. Considered that the process of finalization of pension papers is online, the defence that the money recovered from the pocket, stated to be forcefully kept in his pocket. The charge sheet is submitted. 12.Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 13. The accused/applicant be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned in view of observation made by the Supreme Court in its dictums of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [(2024) 10 SCC 674] and Policy Strategy for grant of bail in re [(2024)10SCC 685]. 14. The accused-applicant shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal. (Avnish Saxena,J.) June 24, 2026 Abhishek Sri Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK RANJAN SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench