JUDGMENT :

JYOTSNA SHARMA, J.

1. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.

2. This petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by accused Akhilesh Paswan with the prayer as below:

“To direct the learned courts below to release the petitioner on bail, accepting only two sureties in all the four cases, i.e. Case Crime No. 75 of 2022, under section 307 I.P.C. P.S. - Cantt. District - Ayodhya, (ii) Case Crime No. 190 of 2022, under sections 364, 302, 201, 392, 411 I.P.C. P.S. - Kotwali Nagar, District-Ayodhya, (iii) Case Crime No. 78 of 2022, under sections-3/25 Arms Act, P.S. Cantt. District-Ayodhya and (iv) Case Crime No. 241 of 2022, under section 3(1) of U.P. Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, P.S. Cantt. District-Ayodhya.”

3. The submissions of the applicant are that in connivance with police personnels, he has been falsely implicated in four criminal cases:

(I) Case Crime No. 75 of 2022, under section 307 I.P.C. P.S. - Cantt. District-Ayodhya.

(II) Case Crime No. 190 of 2022, under sections 364, 302, 201, 392, 411 I.P.C. P.S. - Kotwali Nagar, District-Ayodhya.

(III) Case Crime No. 78 of 2022, und