Pankaj Pandey @ Pankaj Kumar Pandey v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10038 of 2023 Applicant :- Pankaj Pandey @ Pankaj Kumar Pandey Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Mohd. Khalid,Ishan Baghel Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Ishan Baghel, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Akhilesh Kumar Vyas, the learned A.G.A-I for the State and perused the record.

¶2The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 185 of 2023, under Section 457, 380, 411, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, 34 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Sushant Gold City, District Lucknow.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 05.04.2023, alleging theft of money from an A.T.M.

¶4The police claimed to have arrested the applicant on 25.04.2023 on the basis of information received from a mukhbir and Rs.96,00,000/- are said to have been recovered from him.

¶5The police have arrested another person Bhalli @ Taufeek @ Malli and to have claimed that the aforesaid had damaged the ATM machine for taking out money from it. The aforesaid co-accused has already been granted bail by means of an order dated 18.07.2023 passed by the Session Court. Co-accused Vijay Pandey @ Sarvesh from whom Rs.2 Lakh has been recovered has been granted bail by means of the order dateed 30.10.2023 passed in CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No.8480 of 2023.

¶6Applicant's involvement in two other cases has been disclosed in para 37 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that he has been granted bail in both the cases.

¶7Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has been implicated merely on the basis of information received from a mukhbir; that Rs. 96 lakhs are said to have been recovered from the applicant, which he claims to be belonging to himself and that two other co-accused, person have already been granted bail, coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since

25.04.2023, without making any observations which may affect the merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail.

¶8Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶9Let the applicant-Pankaj Pandey @ Pankaj Kumar Pandey 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 the 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 :- 2.11.2023 prateek High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench