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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 25995 of 2025 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J.
1. Heard Sri Mithilesh Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Anurag Pandey, learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The instant application has been filed to enlarge the applicant on bail in case crime no. 58 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 109, 115(2), 352, 351(2), 131 and 117(2) of B.N.S., Police Station-Kotwali Kannauj, District Kannauj. 3. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that general allegations has been made against seven accused persons including the applicant in the F.I.R. as well as in the statement of the injured. It is further submitted that co-accused namely Pushpendra Pal, Om Ji Katiyar and Arpit Yadav have already been enlarged on bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this court vide orders dated 22.04.2025, 08.05.2025 & 30.06.2025 passed in Crl. Misc. Bail Application Nos. 13098 of 2025, 14489 of 2025 & 20040 of 2025, respectively. Hence, applicant is seeking parity with the co-accused persons, who are on bail. The applicant is a law abiding citizen and he is languishing in jail since 11.07.2025. Criminal history of only one case has been explained in para no. 12 of the bail application. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings. 4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. for the State opposed the prayer for bail, but he could not dispute the fact that co-accused persons having similar Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Arti Prakash Srivastava, Ashok Kumar, Mithilesh Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rohit Katiyar .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
role as of the applicant, have already been enlarged on bail. 5. Thus, considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of accused and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. 6.
Let the applicant-Rohit Katiyar, 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. 7. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 8. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. October 14, 2025 Vibha Singh BAIL No. 25995 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIBHA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- VIBHA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad