CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 2597 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2597 of 2026 Ashutosh Kumar @ Aashu .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Om Prakash Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 66 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Anuj Bajpai, Advocate holding brief of Sri Om Prakash Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Jyoti Bhushan, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Rajendra Prasad Singh, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.278 of 2025, under Sections 103(1) BNS and 4/25 Arms Act, Police Station Jahanaganj, District Azamgarh, during the pendency of trial. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that similarly placed co-accused person, Shravan Kumar has already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 3.12.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.42551 of 2025. The applicant is languishing in jail since 8.9.2025, having no criminal history. He further submitted that since the role of the applicant is identical to that of co-accused, who has already be