Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:121698 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13212 of 2025 Applicant :- Praduman Sharma Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Avadh Pratap Singh Shishodia,Satyawati Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Rahul Kumar Sharma Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Avadh Pratap Singh Shishodia, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Vipul Sharma, Advocate holding brief of Sri Rahul Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 73 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 3(5) & 109 of BNS, Police Station - Kotwali Hathras, District - Hathras, during the pendency of trial. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that similarly placed co-accused person, Vansh Alias Deepesh, has already been enlarged on bail by another Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.05.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 12520 of 2025. It is further submitted that since the case of the applicant is at par to the co-accused, who has already been enlarged on bail, he is also entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. The applicant is languishing in jail since 01.03.2025, having no criminal history. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and shall cooperate with trial. 5. The prayer for bail has been vehemently opposed by learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the informant. However, the aforesaid factual aspects of parity to the co-accused and of no criminal history of the applicant, have not been disputed by them. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, evidence on record, pending trial and in the light of the judgement passed by this Court in Nanha S/o Nabhan Kha vs. State of U.P., 1993 Crl.L.J. 938 and the judgement passed by the Supreme Court in Paras Ram Vishnoi vs. The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, MANU/SCOR/22410/2021 coupled with the judgement of Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case. The bail application is allowed on the ground of parity. 7. Let the applicant- Praduman Sharma, who is involved in aforementioned case 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 subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 8. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 9. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. Order Date:- 24.7.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad