HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 20820 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Virendra Singh, Advocate holding brief of Sri Vipin Chandra Lal, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Amit Kumar, learned State Law Officer and perused the record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 0054 of 2025, under Sections 109 of BNS and Sections 3/25 of Arms Act, Police Station - Manjhanpur, District - Kaushambi, during the pendency of trial. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that similarly placed co-accused person, Gufran, has already been enlarged on bail by coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 26.06.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 20327 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. 5. Learned counsel has also stated that criminal history assigned to the applicant has been explained in the affidavit. The applicant is languishing in jail since 11.03.2025. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and shall cooperate with trial. 6. The prayer for bail has been vehemently opposed by learned State Law Officer. However, the aforesaid factual aspect of parity to the co-accused has not been disputed by him. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vipin Chandra Lal Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Israr Ali Alias Lolla .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. In the case of Prabhakar Tewari Vs. State of U.P. and another, (2020) 11 SCC 648, the Supreme Court has observed that pendency of several criminal cases against an accused by itself cannot be a basis for refusal of bail. 8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, evidence on record, pending trial and also considering the bail order of co-accused, 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. The bail application is allowed on the ground of parity. 9. Let the applicant- Israr Ali Alias Lolla, 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. 10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 11. 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 25, 2025 sailesh BAIL No. 20820 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SAILESH PRAJAPATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad