Gunjan Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13858 of 2023 Applicant :- Gunjan Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko Counsel for Applicant :- Vivek Chandra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Vivek Chandra, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, the learned AGA. for the State and perused the records.

¶2The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicants on bail in Case Crime No. 25 of 2023 under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 06.01.2023 against 6 persons, including the applicant alleging that the informant had made some investment in 'LLC Life Long Multi State Agro Cooperative Society Ltd' but no return was paid on his investment. The applicant has been implicated during investigation as she happened to be a Director of the company.

¶4In the affidavit filed in support of the application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It has also been submitted on behalf of the applicant that the co-accused persons Om Prakash Verma, Pramod Kumar @ Pramod Kumar Verma, Atul Kumar Verma and Mithlesh Verma have already been enlarged on bail by this court by means of orders dated 06.11.2023, 08.08.2023,

08.11.2023 and 08.11.2023, passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos.1338 of 2023, 9986 of 2023, 13359 of 2023 and 13361 of 2023.

¶5The applicant's involvement in 32 other cases of similar nature has been disclosed in para-19 of the affidavit filed in support of the application, in 16 of which the applicant has already been granted bail. The applicant is languishing in jail since 21.11.2022 along with her three years old son.

¶6The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter.

¶7Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that she has already been granted bail in 16 other cases of similar nature and she is languishing in jail since 21.11.2022 along with her three years old son, without making any observation, which may affect the merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in the present case.

¶8Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶9Let the applicant-Gunjan 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 :- 23.11.2023 Ram. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench