Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:109341 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 17992 of 2025 Applicant :- Shantanu Aanand Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Praveen Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Vinay Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Heard Sri Praveen Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ramesh Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. No one appears on behalf of the first informant even in the revised list. 3. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 345 of 2024, under Sections 406, 506, 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., Police Station- Kotwali Nagar, District- Etah, during the pendency of the trial. 4. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the instant case. It is further submitted that as per the F.I.R., the main allegation is against co-accused, Tarun Dudeja, of persuading the first informant to deposit security money to obtain franchisee of his company which is involved in digital transaction. It is further submitted that no role has been assigned to the applicant in the above transaction and co- accused, Vipin Singh, has already been enlarged on bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 27.05.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 16004 of 2025, therefore, the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. It is also submitted that applicant has explained criminal history of 3 cases in the accompanying affidavit. The applicant is a law abiding citizen and he is languishing in jail since 03.01.2025. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings. 5. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the fact that applicant has parity with the co-accused who has already been released on bail. 6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of accused and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. 7. Let the applicant- Shantanu Aanand involved in the aforementioned 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, with the following conditions:- i. 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. ii. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial/investigation sincerely without seeking any adjournment. iii. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail. iv. The applicant shall attend in accordance with the conditions of the bond executed by him. 8. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 9. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. Order Date :- 7.7.2025 KS Digitally signed by :- KISHAN SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad