MOHD. IRFAN @ SONU v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/5878/2024 · 2025-10-16
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5878 of 2024 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.
2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.223 of 2022, under Sections 302, 120B, 201, 450, 34 IPC, Police Station Lambhuwa, District Sultanpur.
3. It is argued by the Counsel for the applicant that the applicant was not named in the FIR and was falsely implicated solely based upon a confessional statement. The co-accused Mohd. Shadan @ Nadan andMohd. Sahbaj on similar allegations have been enlarged on bail vide orders dated 07.08.2025 and 25.09.2024 respectively.
4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer.
5. Considering the fact that the co-accused with similar allegations have been enlarged on bail and considering and adopting the same reasoning coupled with the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 03.07.2022 and the criminal history has been duly explained, 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 Mohd. Irfan alias Sonu be released on bail in the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Santosh Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Anurag Singh, Ashwani Kumar Singh, Gauri Shankar Maurya, Pramod Kumar Mohd. Irfan @ Sonu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal 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. October 16, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 5878 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench