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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:4163 Court No. - 7 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1730 of 2022 Applicant :- Deepak Kumar Opposite Party :- Union of India Counsel for Applicant :- Nasreen Bano,Syed Ahmad Mehdi Counsel for Opposite Party :- Akhilesh Kumar Awasthi Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Akhilesh Kumar Awasthi, learned counsel for the respondent and perused the record.
2. It is argued by the counsel for the applicant that the co-accused has already been enlarged on bail vide order dated 09.07.2024 mainly on the ground of delay in trial. It is further argued that only P.W. 1 has been examined so far. He further argued that the applicant has no criminal history and is in custody since 03.09.2019, as such, he may be enlarged on bail.
3. Learned A.G.A. opposed the bail prayer.
4. Considering and adopting the same reasoning as contained in the order dated 09.07.2024, whereby the co-accused has been enlarged, the applicant who has no criminal history is enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
5. Let the applicant Deepak Kumar be released on bail in NCB Crime No. 37 of 2019, under Sections 8/20/25/29 NDPS Act, Police Station NCB (Lucknow), District Faizabad/Ayodhya on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the
following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police ofÏcer or tamper with the evidence. Order Date :- 22.1.2025 Arun Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench