PRAYAGRAJ, May 20 -- The Allahabad high court granted anticipatory bail to Altamas Khan, one of the accuseds in Bareilly violence of last year. Khan was not initially named in the FIR which was lodged by the police on September 26, 2025. Justice Ashutosh Srivastava allowed Altamas Khan's anticipatory bail application. As per the police case, on September 26 last year, Maulana Tauqeer Raza had called for members of a particular community to assemble at Islamiya Inter College in Bareilly. Despite prohibitory orders under section 163 BNSS being in force, a crowd of about 500 people gathered, proceeding from Maulana Azad Inter College towards Shyamganj Chauraha. The crowd, holding boards and raising provocative slogans, paid little heed to the warning and persuasion from the police personnel at the spot. The situation escalated when the accused persons became aggressive and adamant to proceed. Thereafter, allegedly brickbats, stones and acid bottles were thrown at the police force from the accused persons in the crowd and gunshots were also fired from the crowd at the police personnel. As per the FIR, in the ensuing violence, the clothes of police personnel were torn and two officers sustained injuries. The allegations also state that the aggressive actions of the crowd created an atmosphere of terror in the area, forcing the police authorities to open fire in self-defence after failing to persuade the mob through rational discourse. Applicant's counsel submitted that he had no role in the alleged crime, was not initially named in the FIR but was falsely implicated in the case. The court while allowing the application observed, "Considering the role of accused applicant as is collected by the investigating officer so far amongst 1700 co-accused, this Court while considering the gravity of accusation, explained criminal history and apprehension of arrest in the case vis-a-vis low flight risk and assurance of the accused in cooperating with the investigation and trial, is of considered view to grant anticipatory bail."...