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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 27451 of 2025 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Ramdhan, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri D.P.S. Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. This application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail during the trial in Case Crime No. 4 of 2025, under Sections 140(2) BNS, Police Station- Hathras Gate, District Hathras. 4. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that as per the allegation in the F.I.R. the role of abduction of the victim has been assigned to the co-accused and the only role assigned to the applicant that after abduction, he was also keeping an eye on the victim. It is further submitted that even the ransom was received by the co-accused and there is no allegation that the applicant received any ransom amount. It is further submitted that co-accused Sujal Kumar, having similar role to that of the applicant, has been enlarged on bail by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.19578 of 2025 vide order dated 09.07.2025. Therefore, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. The applicant is a law abiding citizen and he has no criminal history. He is languishing in jail since 5.1.2025. It is further submitted that charge sheet has been filed in the present case, therefore, there is no requirement of custodial interrogation. The case of the applicant is different from the co-accused Golu Takhur @ Yash, Gaurav, Golu @ Anshul and Prashant. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings. 5. Per contra, learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the parity of the applicant with co-accused Sujal Kumar, who has been enlarged on bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court. 6.
Thus, considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and taking into account of the fact that the similarly situated co-accused has been enlarged on bail and keeping in view the nature of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pushpendra Kumar, Ramdhan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Karan Singh Bist .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
offence, evidence, complicity of accused and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicants are entitled to be enlarged on bail. 7. Let the applicant- Karan Singh Bist involved in the aforementioned crime be released on bail, on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, with the following conditions:- i. 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 officer or tamper with the evidence. ii. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial/investigation sincerely without seeking any adjournment. iii. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail. iv. The applicant shall attend in accordance with the conditions of the bond executed by him. 8. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 9. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. 10. It is made clear that the applicant shall be released on the basis of downloaded copy of this order 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. 11.
It is 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. 12. The Registrar (Compliance) of this Court is directed to send a copy of this order to the concerned jail through e-mail or e-prison portal in compliance of the order of the Apex Court in the case of Policy Strategy for Grant of Bail, In Re: Suo Motu Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 4 of 2021 decided on 31.01.2023 reported in (2024) 10 SCC 685. October 28, 2025 A.Kr. BAIL No. 27451 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.) Digitally signed by :- AJAY KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- AJAY KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad