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

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8538 of 2023 Applicant :- Gunjan Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Gauri Suwan Pandey,Deepak Singh,Vivek Chandra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Vivek Chandra, learned counsel for the applicant, the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records.

¶2The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in

Case

Crime

No.

0749

of

2022,

under

Sections 109/409/420/467/468/471/504/506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on

29.07.2022 against two persons, not including the applicant, alleging that the informant had made some investment in a company Sankalp Trading Services, but upon maturity the invested amount was not refunded to the informant. The applicant has subsequently been implicated in the present case because it came to light during investigation that she is one of the directors of the Company.

¶4In the affidavit filed in support of bail application it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and she has been falsely implicated in the present case. In para 19 of the affidavit the applicant's involvement in 32 other cases of similar nature has been disclosed, in 17 of which the applicant has already been granted bail.

¶5The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused Abhishek Kumar Upadhyay, Rajendra Prasad Mishra and Pramod Kumar @ Pramod Kumar Verma, have already been granted bail by means of orders dated

18.08.2023, 24.11.2023 and 28.10.2023, passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Applications No.10331 of 2023 and 24.11.2023 and 28.10.2023, respectively.

¶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 the grievance of the informant is regarding non-refund of money invested in a company and that the applicant has already been granted bail in 17 cases out of 32 cases in which he has been implicated, coupled with the fact that the applicant is a women and she is languishing in jail since

21.11.2022 and without making any observation, 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-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; (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Order Date :- 28.11.2023 Preeti. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench