Om Prakash Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12688 of 2023 Applicant :- Om Prakash Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. 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 as well as Mr Rishikesh Verma, 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. 716 of 2022, under Sections 409, 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on 20.07.2022 against six named persons, including the applicant, alleging that the informant had made some investments in Lifelong Multi State Cooperative Society and Sangarsh Total Solution Infra Built Pvt. Ltd. but upon maturity neither his amount was repaid nor the sale deed was executed in his favour. The applicant has been implicated in the present case only being a President of the body in which the investment was made.

¶4The applicant's involvement in total 46 cases of similar nature has been disclosed in para 21 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, in 15 of which he has been granted bail.

¶5Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has already been granted bail in 15 other cases of similar nature and that he is languishing in jail since 06.08.2022, 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-Om Prakash 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 :- 30.10.2023 prateek High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench