DHARMENDRA SINGH @ ARJUN SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P.

         HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
         CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15366 of 2026

Dharmendra Singh @ Arjun Singh
                                                           .....Applicant(s)
                                  Versus

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

Counsel for Applicant(s)         : Arun Kumar Pandey, Suman Mishra
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)    : G.A.

Court No. - 72
                 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J.

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

2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the
applicant on bail in Case Crime No.14 of 2026, under Sections 178, 179,
180, 182 of B.N.S. 2023, Police Station- Akbarpur, District- Kanpur
Dehat.

3. The Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has
been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant and the co-
accused Ram Shankar Chauhan were arrested having in their alleged
possession fake currency notes amounting to Rs.78,500/-. The Learned
counsel for the applicant further contends that the applicant is a labourer
who was being asked to work without payment by the complainant and on
his refusal, he has been implicated in the present case. The applicant has
no criminal antecedents. He further submits that currency notes that have
been recovered from the possession of the applicant have been planted.
The case set up by the prosecution is only on the basis of the confessional
statement of the applicant and the co-accused. No material with respect to
printing counterfeit notes has been recovered from the possession or the
pointing out of the applicant. The applicant is in jail since 11.01.2026.

4. The Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for grant of bail and has
contended that the applicant has been found in possession of counterfeit
currency notes. The co-accused, Ajeet, against whom the investigation is
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still pending along with the applicant and other accused persons, was
involved in printing counterfeit currency notes. The Learned A.G.A.,
however, could not dispute the fact that the applicant has no criminal
antecedents.

5. I have considered the submissions made by the Learned counsels for
the parties and perused the record.

6. The applicant has been found in possession of fake currency notes.
Merely possessing fake currency notes is punishable with a maximum
imprisonment of seven years. No material has been found from the
possession or the pointing out of the applicant to indicate that the
applicant was counterfeiting currency notes. A charge-sheet has been
submitted against the applicant and he is no longer required for any
custodial interrogation or recoveries. The co-accused Ajeet, who is said to
have been printing counterfeit notes along with the applicant has yet not
been charge-sheeted and the investigation against him is said to be
pending.

7. Taking into account the entire facts and circumstances of the case as
enumerated above, lack of criminal antecedents, I deem it fit to enlarge
the applicant on bail.

8. The bail application is allowed.

9. Let the accused-applicant- Dharmendra Singh @ Arjun Singh,
involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on
his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like
amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following
conditions:


i. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence.


ii. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity.


iii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses
and co-operate in the trial.
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                                    iv. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the
                                    trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted by the court
                                    concerned.

                                    10. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court
                                    below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail.

                                    11. It is made clear that the applicant shall be released on the basis of
                                    computer generated copy of this order, downloaded from the official
                                    website of High Court Allahabad and verified by the concerned counsel
                                    with the undertaking that the certified copy will be filed within 15 days.

                                    12. It is further directed that the trial court shall send the release order to
                                    the concerned jail through Bail Order Management System (BOMS) to
                                    ensure early release of the applicant.



                                                                                       (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.)
                                    May 6, 2026
                                    Sachin




Digitally signed by :-
SACHIN TIWARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad