Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:41969 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33262 of 2024 Applicant :- Romiyo @ Rajkumar @ Amit Dom @ Aryan @ Pandey Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Lakshman Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J. 1. Heard Shri Lakshman Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri R. N. Srivastava, learned AGA for the State-respondent. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.332 of 2023, under Sections 302, 323, 34, 504, 506, 120-B, 201 I.P.C., Police Station Sarnath, District Varanasi, during pendency of the trial in the court below. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that on the basis of false and general allegations, applicant has been made accused int eh present matter alongwith four others including co-accused Neeraj Peeter and Natthu Lal Sonkar and both have already been released on bail by Co-ordinate Benches of this Court and bail order of co-accused Neeraj Peeter has been annexed as Annxure No.5 alongwith the instant bail application. He produced the bail order of co-accused Natthu Lal Sonkar during the course of argument, which is taken on record and marked as 'A' and from its perusal it reflects, he has been released on bail by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 14.03.2024 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.6209 of 2024. It appears, case of applicant is at par with them. 4. He further submits that applicant is not having any criminal history and he is in jail in the present matter since 19.04.2024 i.e. for last more than eight months. 5. Per contra, learned AGA however opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the arguments on facts advanced by learned counsel for the applicant. 6. I have heard learned counsel for both the parties and perused the record of the case. 7. Considering the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the applicant and the fact that co-accused Neeraj Peeter and Natthu Lal Sonkar have already been released on bail by Co-ordinate Benches of this Court and case of applicant is at par with the above noted co-accused and applicant is not having any criminal history and he is in jail in the present matter since 19.04.2024 i.e. for last more than eight months, in my view, applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 8. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Romiyo @ Rajkumar @ Amit Dom @ Aryan @ Pandey, 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. 10. 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. 11. 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 :- 21.3.2025 Zafar Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD ZAFAR ANSARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad