Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:81932 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14466 of 2025 Applicant :- Ankit Rai Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rajesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- Azaz Ahmad,G.A. Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J. 1. Heard Sri Rajesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Azaz Ahmad, learned counsel for the informant and Imran Khan, learned AGA, for the State. 2. The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant with the prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No.637 of 2024, under Sections 115(2), 352, 105, 3(5) and 61(2) BNS, Police Station Kotwali, District Azamgarh during pendency of the trial. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant was not named in the FIR but during investigation he has been made accused in the present mater along with several others including co-accused Deepanshu Rai and with a very detailed order co- accused Deepanshu Rai has been released on bail by this Court vide order dated 8.5.2025 passed in Criminal Misc.Bail Application No. 14813 of 2024 and on facts, case of applicant is exactly at par with him. 4. He further submits that however, apart from the present case applicant is also having criminal history of one another case but his criminal history has been explained in the instant bail application. 5. He further submits that in the present matter applicant is in jail since 07.2.2025. 6. Per contra, learned AGA as well as learned counsel for the informant opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the fact that co-accused Deepanshu Rai has been released on bail by this Court with a very reasoned and detailed order and the case of applicant is at par with him. 7. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record of the case. 8. Considering the argument advanced by the learned counsel for the applicant and the fact that similarly placed co-accused Deepanshu Rai has been released on bail by this Court and criminal history of solitary case of the applicant has been explained in the instant bail application and in the present matter he is in jail since 07.2.2025, in my view, applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 9. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant-Ankit Rai be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:- (i) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the dates fixed, unless his personal presence is exempted. (ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make 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 any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social activity. 11. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution will be at liberty to move an application before this Court for cancellation of the bail of the applicant. 12. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. Order Date :- 16.5.2025 SKM Digitally signed by :- SHRAVANA KUMAR MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad