Ashish Tiwari v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Deptt. of Home

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13004 of 2023 Applicant :- Ashish Tiwari Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Deptt. Of Home Counsel for Applicant :- Vivek Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Vivek Kumar Shukla, the learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Sanjay Maurya, the learned Additional Government Advocate for the State and perused the material available on record.

¶2The present application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking bail in Case Crime No.577 of 2020, under Sections - 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, Police Station-Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on 10.7.2020 against four persons, including the applicant, alleging that the accused persons induced the informant and various other persons for making investment in Eye Vision India Credit Cooperation Society Limited/Anee Bullion and Industries Private Limited and the amount invested was not refunded.

¶4Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is neither the Director nor Agent or worker of the company and neither he is beneficiary. It is further submitted that the name of the present applicant is wrongly implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that cheating has been caused by the Director of the Company. It is also submitted that in case the applicant is enlarged on bail he shall not tamper with the evidence or misuse the liberty of bail and will also cooperate in the trial proceedings.

¶5On the other hand, learned AGA has opposed the prayer for bail but could not controvert the aforesaid factual matrix.

¶6Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the fact that applicant is neither Director nor Agent or worker of the company and neither he is beneficiary and cheating has been caused by the Director of the Company and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, it would be appropriate to enlarge the accused-applicant on bail.

¶7The bail application is allowed.

¶8Let applicant-Ashish Tiwari be released on bail in the above case crime number on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Court concerned with 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 :- 3.11.2023 Virendra High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench