Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:70605 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13964 of 2025 Applicant :- Shivanand Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rajrshi Gupta,Suneel Thekma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. 1. Heard Sri Rajrshi Gupta, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Shashank Singh, Advocate, holding brief of learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. This bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been moved on behalf of accused- applicant, Shivanand, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 487 of 2024, under Sections 319 (2), 318 (4), 338, 337, 336 (3), 340 (2), 61 (2) BNS as well as Section 66C & 66D of I.T. (Amendment) Act, 2008, Police Station- Kotwali, District- Azamgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused- applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 31.08.2024. It is submitted that similarly placed co-accused, Ravikesh Lal Dev, has already been enlarged on bail of by this Bench, vide order dated 16.04.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 2852 of 2025, copy of the bail order produced by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. He further submitted that since the role of the applicant is identical to that of co-accused, Ravikesh Lal Dev, who has already been enlarged on bail, he is also entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. He has no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Hence, bail has been prayed for. 4. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. 5. Considering all above facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. 6. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the accused-applicant, Shivanand involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions: 1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. 2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. 3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. 8. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. 9. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. Order Date :- 1.5.2025 v.k.updh. Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR UPADHYAY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad