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

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12489 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 learned counsel for the applicant, and Sri Anant Pratap Singh, learned Addl. Government Advocate, and perused the record.

¶2By means of the instant application the applicant Naved Ahmad seeks bail in Case Crime No. 0014 of 2023, under sections 420, 409, 467, 468, 471, 34 I.P.C., P.S. Kotwali, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of a first information report (F.I.R.) lodged on 04.01.2023 against 6 persons, including the applicant, stating that the co-accused Sangam Verma had introduced himself to the informant as Director of Lifelong Care Multi State Agro Co-operative Pvt. Ltd., which company provides plots of lands under the name and style STS Infra Built. The FIR states that the applicant was a Director in the aforesaid Company. The F.I.R. has been lodged when the informant did not get possession of the land from the Company.

¶4In the affidavit filed in support of the bail-application it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. The applicant's criminal history of 54 cases arising out of dealings of the aforesaid Company has been disclosed para 16 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, in 17 of which the applicant has already been granted bail.

¶5The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused Naved Ahmad, has already been granted bail by means of an order dated 27.07.2023 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.9443 of 2023.

¶5Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that even as per the FIR averments, the applicant was implicated in the present case because of his father-Om Praksh Verma, who was the Chairman of the Company; that out of 54 cases in which he has been implicated, the applicant has already been granted bail in 17 cases, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in the present case also.

¶6Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶7Let the applicant Atul Kumar Verma be released on bail in the aforesaid case, on his 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 :- 19.10.2023 Preeti. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench