CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 2005 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:46859 Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2005 of 2024 Applicant :- Chidi Ijiagwa Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Manish Kumar,Rajrshi Gupta,Virendra Kumar Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Heard Shri Virendra Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State. The submission is that co-accused, John Kofie, has already been enlarged on bail vide Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 44763 of 2024 on 24.3.2025 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 17.5.2023. 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 co