HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 26860 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Siya Ram Sahu, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Kuldeep Singh, learned counsel for the informant, Ms. Ifrah Islam, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.137 of 2024, under Sections 115(2), 110, 351(3), 352 B.N.S., Police Station Kotwali Dehat, District Banda, during the pendency of trial. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that similarly placed co-accused persons, namely, Mangal Alias Shivmangal and Sukhlal @ Sukkhu, have already been enlarged on bail by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 25.6.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.20909 of 2025, as such, since the role of the applicant is identical to that of co-accused, who has already been enlarged on bail, he is also entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. There is no criminal history of the applicant. He is languishing in jail since 11.07.2025. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. The prayer for bail has been vehemently opposed by learned counsel for the informant and learned State Law Officer. However, the aforesaid factual aspect of the parity to the co-accused has not been disputed by them. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Siya Ram Sahu Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Kuldeep Singh Bachchu Prajapati .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 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- Bachchu Prajapati, 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 shall not tamper with evidence during trial. (ii) The applicant shall not pressurise/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 10, 2025 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 26860 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad