Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:40398 Court No. - 14 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1888 of 2025 Applicant :- Dileep Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Atul Verma,Hari Krishna Verma,Kanchan Verma (Km.) Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Brijesh Kumar Shukla,Santosh Kumar Shukla Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. In the prosecution case, it is alleged that on 4.10.2024 at about 09.03 pm, the complainant received a phone call and the caller disclosed his name as Nitin who told him to talk to one Dileep. It is further alleged that the said Dileep demanded Rs. 60 lakhs ransom money from him and Rs. 70 lakhs in lieu of investment in his business. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the case. The maximum punishment under Section 308(2) of B.N.S. is 7 years. The offence is triable by a Magistrate. Furthermore, the co-accused Nitin Verma has already been granted bail by the court of C.J.M., Ambedkar Nagar. The bail order is on record at page no. 45 of the bail application. It is further submitted that the applicant has duly explained criminal history of 31 cases in para no. 29 of the bail application and he is languishing in jail since 3.1.2025. There is no possibility of the applicant of fleeing away after being released from jail or tampering with the witnesses. In case the applicant is enlarged on bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail. Learned A.G.A. on the other hand has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the applicant has criminal history of 31 cases and hence, he is not entitled for bail. On due consideration to the submissions advanced, perusal of the record, criminal antecedents of the applicant so also the fact that the co-accused Nitin Verma from whom the alleged recovery has been made, has already been granted bail by the court of C.J.M. concerned; the alleged offence under which the applicant is charged, is punishable up to 7 years; the offence is triable by a Magistrate; applicant is languishing in jail since 3.1.2025 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I find it to be a fit case for enlarging the applicant on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant- Dileep Verma involved in Case Crime No. 626 of 2024, under Sections 308(2) of B.N.S., Police Station- Kotwali Akbarpur, District- Ambedkar Nagar, be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions which are being imposed in the interest of justice:- (i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. (ii) The applicant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. (iii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iv) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in court. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law. (v) The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his counsel. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against him in accordance with law. (vi) In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure his presence proclamation under Section 84 B.N.S.S. is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court shall initiate proceedings against him, in accordance with law, under Section 209 of B.N.S. Order Date :- 15.7.2025 Shravan Digitally signed by :- SHRAVAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench