HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12383 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State, Shri Uday Kumar, holding brief of Shri Kalika Prasad Pandey, for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 315 of 2024, under sections 70(1), 238, 3(5), 103(1) BNS and Sections 5/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Kadipur, District Sultanpur. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that the main accused Vikas Pandey has been enlarged on bail vide order dated 30.10.2025 passed in Criminal Misc Bail Application No. 354 of 2025. It is also argued that the applicant was not even named in the FIR. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 18.7.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Anil Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashutosh Singh, Anuj Kumar Verma, Kaushal Tiwari, Navneet Singh, Padma Narayan Dubey, Sachida Nand, Somarani Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Kalika Prasad Pandey Anil Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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 12, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 12383 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench