Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:49227 Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1694 of 2025 Applicant :- Ajeet Kumar Gupta Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru Principal Sec. Home Counsel for Applicant :- Vivek Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Vivek Kumar Shukla, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Jayant Singh Tomar, the learned AGA-I for the State and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicants on bail in Case Crime No.120 of 2021, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, Police Station Ram Sanehi Ghat, District Barabanki. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 01.04.2021 against 03 persons including the applicant stating that the informant had made investment in Ani Bullian Traders and Eye Vision India Credit Co-operative Society Pvt. Ltd. but upon maturity no amount was paid to him. In para-15 of the affidavit, it has been stated that the applicant has been involved in about 175 cases but he does not know particulars of all the cases and particulars of 128 cases have been disclosed in the affidavit, in four of which the applicant has been granted bail. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the application, it has been stated that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. 5. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 but trial of any of the cases has not commenced till date. Co-accused Dharmendra Kaushal and Santosh Gupta have been granted bail in the present case by means of orders dated 31.05.2023 and 06.12.2024 passed in Bail Application Nos.7269 of 2023 and 7912 of 2024 respectively. 6. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 for past more than 5 years one month without even commencement of trial and two co- accused have been granted bail, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in the present case. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Ajeet Kumar Gupta 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 :- 21.8.2025 -Amit K- Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench