Ms. Armana Athar v. State of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13532 of 2023 Applicant :- Ms. Armana Athar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Azad Khan,Santosh Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

1.Heard Sri Santosh Srivastava & Sri Azad Khan, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Anurag Verma, learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perused the records.

2.The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.028 of 2022, under Sections 419, 420, 452, 467, 468, 471, 120B I.P.C. and Sections 66, 66C, 43 Information Technology Act, registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, District Lucknow.

3.The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 16.10.2022 by an Assistant Manager of U.P. Cooperative Bank Ltd., against the Bank's former officer, R.S. Dubey and an unknown person, alleging that 8 unauthorized transactions were made on 7 accounts of the bank, through which large amount was illegally transferred. On examining CCTV footage of the cameras installed in the bank, it was found that the named accused person had entered the bank with another person and had made some unauthorized entries in the computer system. The applicant has been implicated having been identified on the basis of CCTV footage.

¶4In the affidavit filed in support of bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, she has been falsely implicated in the present case and she has no criminal history. Named accused person, Ravi Shankar Dubey @ R.S.Dubey has been granted bail by this Court by means of the order dated

01.05.2023 passed in CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No.5773 of 2023. It has also been submitted that the co-accused Ravi Singh Verma has already been granted bail by this court by means of an order dated 06.11.2023, passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.13049 of 2023.

¶5The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter.

¶6Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that other named accused has already been granted bail; that that the applicant has no previous criminal history and she is languishing in jail since

18.10.2022 and without making any observation, which may affect the merits of the case, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail in the aforesaid crime.

¶7Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶8Let the applicant-Ms. Armana Athar be released on bail in aforementioned 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 :- 9.11.2023 Ram. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench