HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3718 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Sri Udai Kumar holding brief of Sri Rama Kant Dixit, learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.627 of 2024, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 103(1), 351(3), 61(2)(a) of BNS, Police Station Antu, District Pratapgarh. 3. It is argued by the Counsel for the applicant that on the same allegation, the co-accused Bholanath Verma has been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 15.10.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.6273 of 2025. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Although the age of the co-accused Bholanath Verma was taken into consideration, the fact remains that the allegation of hitting was similar to the co-accused, who has been enlarged on bail and also considering the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 05.12.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ashok @ Ashok Kumar Verma be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rama Kant Dixit, Ram Vishal Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ashok @ Ashok Kumar Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each 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 officer or tamper with the evidence. November 13, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 3718 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench