Sangam Verma v. State of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Secrt. Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12712 of 2023 Applicant :- Sangam Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Secrt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Arvind Kumar,Ajay Deep Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Ajay Deep Verma, learned counsel for the applicant, Ms. Ankita Tripathi, 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. 306 of 2022, under sections 34, 406, 420, 417, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., P.S. Masauli, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of a first information report lodged on 22.06.2022 against four persons, including the applicant, stating that the informant had invested some amount for taking a plot from STS Infra Build Pvt. Ltd. but neither plot was transferred to him nor was his money refunded.

¶4In the affidavit filed in support of the application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has falsely been implicated in the present case for the reason that he happens to be a Director of the company.

¶5The applicant's involvement in 59 cases of similar nature has been disclosed in para 10 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application.

¶6Learned counsel for the applicant has informed that the applicant has already been granted bail in three cases of similar nature. Co-accused-Atul Verma and Om Prakash Verma, have been granted bail in the present case and the copies of their bail orders have been annexed as Annexure no. 3 of the affidavit.

¶7Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that grievance of the informant is regarding non-refund of money by a company of which the applicant's wife holds a post of Director and four of the co-accused persons have been granted bail, coupled with the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 29.07.2023, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail in the present case also.

¶8Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶9Let the applicant-Sangam 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 :- 30.10.2023 Preeti. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench