KM MEENU DEVI v. STATE OF U.P. THROUGH SECRETARY HOME, GOVERNMENT OF U.P. LUCKNOW
BAIL/16726/2025 · 2025-09-18
Krishan Pahal
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16726 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Shailesh Singh Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Shailendra Singh Rathore, learned counsel for the informant, Sri Amit Kumar, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.341 of 2024, under Sections 3(5), 115(2), 118, 352, 351(2), 109(1), 117(2) B.N.S., Police Station Chaubeypur, District Kanpur Nagar, during the pendency of trial. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that similarly placed co-accused person Ashwani @ Sonu has already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 16.9.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.8395 of 2025. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 07.04.2025. He further submitted that since the role of the applicant is identical to that of co-accused who has already been enlarged on bail, she is also entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. In case, the applicant is released on bail, she will not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. The prayer for bail has been vehemently opposed by learned counsel for the informant and learned A.G.A. However, the aforesaid factual aspect of the parity to the co-accused has not been disputed by them. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shailesh Singh Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Nisha Chouhan, Shailendra Singh Rathore Km. Meenu Devi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Through Secretary Home, Government Of U.P. Lucknow .....Opposite Party(s)
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, pending trial and in 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 judgements passed by the Supreme Court in Paras Ram Vishnoi vs. The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, MANU/SCOR/22410/2021 and in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigationa and Another, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 825, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for grant of bail on the ground of parity.
The bail application is allowed on the ground of parity. 7. Let the applicant- Km. Meenu Devi, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on her 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 shall not tamper with evidence during trial. (ii) The applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. (iii) The applicant shall 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. September 19, 2025 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 16726 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad