HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2490 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.519 of 2024, under Sections 70(2), 351(2) of BNS and Section 5g/ 6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Kheri, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. It is argued by the Counsel for the applicant that one of the co-accused Pallu @ Hiroj Pasi has been enlarged on bail vide order dated 16.09.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.1905 of 2025. The allegation against the applicant are similar to the said co-accused. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering and adopting the said reasoning as contained in the order dated 16.07.2025 and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 23.12.2024, 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 Ankul @ Prempal be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amit Kumar Awasthi, Amit Kumar Misra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankul @ Prempal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. October 13, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 2490 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench