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

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8960 of 2023 Applicant :- Gunjan Verma Opposite Party :- State U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Deepak Singh,Gauri Suwan Pandey,Vivek Chandra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Vivek Chandra, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as the learned AGA for the State and perused the records.

¶2The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 716 of 2022, under Sections 409, 420 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on

20.07.2022 against six named persons, including the applicant, alleging that the informant had made some investments in Lifelong Multi State Cooperative Society and Sangarsh Total Solution Infra Built Pvt. Ltd. but upon maturity neither his amount was repaid nor the sale deed was executed in his favour. The applicant has subsequently been implicated in the present case because it came to light that she is one of the directors of the Company.

¶4The applicant's involvement in total 32 cases of similar nature has been disclosed in the supplementary affidavit filed in support of the bail application, in 17 of which he has been granted bail.

¶5The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused Om Prakash Verma, Smt Mithlesh Verma, Atul Kumar Verma, Sharad Kumar Verma and Rajendra Prasad Mishra, have already been granted bail by means of orders dated 30.10.2023, 19.10.2023, 09.11.2023 and 28.10.2023 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.12688 of 2023, 12450 of 2023, 12495 of 2023 13435 of 2023 and 12637 of 2023, respectively.

¶6Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has already been granted bail in 17 other cases of similar nature and that she is languishing in jail since 21.11.2022, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in the present case also.

¶7Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶8Let 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 :- 28.11.2023 Preeti. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench