Mithlesh Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lucknow

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12453 of 2023 Applicant :- Mithlesh Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lucknow 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, Ms. Ankita Tripathi, the learned AGA for the State and perused the records.

¶2The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 645 of 2022, under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506, 109 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on 02.07.2022 against eight persons, including the applicant, alleging that the informant had made some investments in STS/Sankalp Group but upon maturity his amount was not repaid. The applicant has been implicated in the present case subsequently, as she is also a Director of the body in which the investment was made. No specific role has been levelled against her.

¶4The applicant's involvement in total 42 other cases has been disclosed in the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, all of which are of similar nature, in five of which the applicant has already been granted bail.

¶5The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused Gunjan Verma, has been granted bail by means of order dated 18.08.2023 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos. 11204 of 2023.

¶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 five other cases of similar nature and one of the co-accused persons has already been granted bail and that the applicant is languishing in jail since 24.11.2022, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in the present case also.

¶7Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶8Let the applicant-Mithlesh Verma be released on bail in the aforesaid case, 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 :- 19.10.2023 Preeti. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench