HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14345 of 2026 Dharmendra Pal .....Applicant(s)

Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)

Counsel for Applicant(s) : Jay Prakash Pandey, Umesh Chandra Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.

Court No. - 69 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.

1. Heard Sri Sudhanshu Tiwari, holding brief of Sri Umesh Chandra Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri J.P. Singh, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record.

2. The present bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of applicant with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 105 of 2025, under Section 8/18 NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Bisauli, District Budaun, during pendency of the trial.

3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case and he has been languishing in jail since 20.3.2026. It is further submitted that as per FIR, 629 gram of opium is said to have been recovered from the possession of the applicant which is much below the commercial quantity, however, it is sub