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

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15203 of 2023 Applicant :- Om Prakash Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Ajeet Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Ajeet Kumar learned counsel for the applicant and 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.207 of 2022, under Sections 420, 406 IPC, Police Station Sadarpur, District Sitapur.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 05.07.2022 against 8 persons including the applicant stating that the informant had made some investments in STS/Sankalp Group for purchasing a plot of land but neither the land was given to her nor was her money refunded.

¶4In the affidavit filed in support of the application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case.

¶5The applicant's involvement in 52 other cases of similar nature has been disclosed in para-13 of the affidavit filed in support of the application, in 33 of which the applicant has already been granted bail. The applicant is languishing in jail since 13.06.2023.

¶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 applicant has already been granted bail in 33 other cases of similar nature and he is languishing in jail since 13.06.2023, 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-Om Prakash 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. Order Date :- 21.12.2023 prateek High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench