Atul Kumar Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12077 of 2023 Applicant :- Atul Kumar Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Ajeet Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Ajeet Kumar, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Rishikesh Verma, the learned AGA for the State and perused the records.

¶2Supplementary affidavit filed today on behalf of the applicant is taken on record.

¶3The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 978 of 2021. under Sections 406, 420, 504, 506 and 120-B IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶4The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on 21.12.2021 against one Atul Kumar Verma and an unknown person, alleging that the informant had made some investments in Lifelong Multi State Cooperative Society but upon maturity his amount was not repaid. The applicant has been implicated in the present case because his father Om Prakash Verma is the Chairman and mother Mithlesh Verma is the Director in which the investment was made.

¶5The applicant's involvement in total 54 other cases has been disclosed in the supplementary affidavit filed in support of the bail application, all of which are of similar nature.

¶6Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has already been granted bail in 16 other cases of similar nature and that she is languishing in jail since 5.07.2022, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in the present case.

¶7Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶8Let the applicant-Atul Kumar Verma be released on bail in Case Crime No. 978 of 2021. under Sections 406, 420, 504, 506 and 120-B IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:-

(i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence;

(ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses;

(iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court. . [Subhash Vidyarthi, J.] Order Date :- 12.10.2023 -Amit K-High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench