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2025 DAILYLAW 175603 (ALL)

ANKIT RATHAUR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HOME LKO.

BAIL/2825/2025 · 2025-11-13

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2825 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Counter Affidavit filed by the complainant is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.621 of 2024 under section 103(1), 61(2) and 3(5) BNS, P.S. Thakurganj, District Lucknow. 4. It is argued that the co-accused Ranjeet Kumar Vishwakarma @ Chhotu with similar allegations and the other co-accused Rakhi Rathour who had admitted having caused the offence, have been enlarged on bail vide separate orders dated 27.10.2025 and 09.10.2025 passed in Bail Applications No.6745 of 2025 & 8056 of 2025. 5. The counsel for the informant states that the applicant had the motive to commit the offence in question as such, the bail application deserves to be rejected. 6. Considering and adopting the reasoning as contained in para 3 of the order dated 09.10..2025 coupled with the fact that the co-accused who have admitted their guilt have been enlarged on bail, the applicant who has no criminal history and is in custody since 31.12.2024 is entitled to bail. Thus Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ram Naresh Yadav, Amit Kumar Mishra, Anuj Kumar Misra, Arun Kumar Shukla, Rehan Ahmad Siddiqui, Smriti, Vineet Kumar Chaurasia Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Manoj Kumar Misra Ankit Rathaur .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Ankit Rathaur be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of each of the like amount 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 VNP/- BAIL No. 2825 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench