Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48924 Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4129 of 2025 Applicant :- Lakshya Rathore Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjai Srivastava,Anchit Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Sanjai Srivastava, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Jayant Singh Tomar, the learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 216 of 2025, under Sections 3(5), 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) B.N.S and Section 66D of Information Technology Act, registered at Police Station Para, District Lucknow. 3.The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 20.03.2025 against seven persons, including the applicant, stating that the police had arrested three persons- Altaf Raza, Krishna Kumar Srivastava and the applicant and numerous forged mark-sheets were recovered from them. The accused persons confessed that they duped people on the strength of forged documents 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant's involvement in another criminal case has been disclosed in para 24 of the affidavit, in which he has been granted bail. 5. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that both the co-accused persons, Altaf Raza and Krishna Kumar Srivastava, have been granted bail by means of orders dated 11.08.2025 and 28.07.2025 passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos.7418 of 2025 and 4465 of 2025, respectively. 6. The learned A.G.A.-I has opposed the bail application but he could not dispute the fact that the case set up against the applicant is similar to the case set up against the two co-accused persons, who have already been granted bail. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that similar situate two co- accused persons have already been granted bail, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitle dto be granted bail on the ground of parity. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Lakshya Rathore be released on bail in aforementioned case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Magistrate/Court concerned, subject to the following conditions: - (i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court. (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Order Date :- 20.8.2025 Preeti. Digitally signed by :- PREETI GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench