Sangam Verma @ Sangam Kumar Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, U.P. Lucknow

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14476 of 2023 Applicant :- Sangam Verma @ Sangam Kumar Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, U.P. Lucknow Counsel for Applicant :- Arvind Kumar,Ajay Deep Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Ajeet Kumar, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Rishikesh Verma, the learned AGA for the State and perused the records.

¶2Supplementary affidavit filed today on behalf of the applicant is taken on record.

¶3The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 978 of 2021. under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶4The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on 21.12.2021 against one Atul Kumar Verma and an unknown person, alleging that the informant had made some investments in Lifelong Multi State Cooperative Society but upon maturity his amount was not repaid. The applicant has been implicated in the present case because he is one of the director of the company in which the investment was made.

¶5The applicant's involvement in total 59 other cases has been disclosed in para 16 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, all of which are of similar nature.

¶6Co-accused Atul Kumar Verma has already been granted bail by means of an order dated 12.10.2023 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 12077 of 2023.

¶7Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has already been granted bail in 19 other cases of similar nature and that he is languishing in jail since 29.07.2022 and the co-accused Atul Kumar Verma has already been granted bail, 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-Sangam Verma @ Sangam Kumar Verma be released on bail in Case Crime No. 978 of 2021. under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki 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. Order Date :- 8.12.2023 Pradeep/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench