HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12898 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State, Shri Abhishek Mishra, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 370 of 2021, under sections 363/34, 366/34, 376-D IPC, Sections 5G/6 POCSO ACt, P.S. Mandhata, District Pratapgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that co accused Hasib Khan @ Hasib with similar allegations was enlarged on bail vide order dated 17.10.2025 passed in Criminal Misc Bail Application No. 11828 of 2024. 4. Learned AGA and learned counsel for the informant have opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the and adopting the same reasoning, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 6.11.2024 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 Shahzad @ Munshaf 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Srivastava, Ashutosh Mishra, Avinash Srivastava, Dharmendra Bahadur Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Abhishek Mishra, Saubhagya Mishra Shahzad @ Munshaf .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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 12, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 12898 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench