CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 19761 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:63104 Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 19761 of 2024 Applicant :- Suraj Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of Up And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Ambuj Pandey,Kuldeep Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State. The submission is that co-accused, Amit Kumar Dixit, has already been enlarged on bail vide Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 26179 of 2024 by order of date and the case of the applicant stands on identical footing, hence the applicant is also entitled for bail for the reasons given in bail application of co- accused on the ground of parity. The applicant is in jail since 29.1.2024. On the other hand learned A.G.A has opposed the prayer for bail. Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, considering the recent judgment dated 11.07.2022 of the Apex Court in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil vs. C.B.I., passed in S.L.P (Crl.) No. 5191 of 2021 and considering 5-6 times overcrowd