HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1959 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Chandan Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Satyendra Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.05 of 2020 under Sections 409/420/467/468/471/120-B I.P.C. registered at Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. alleging that the informant had made investments in Shine City but no returns were paid on the investments. 4. The applicant used to work as an agent for the company and he was neither a director nor any principle position holder in the company. 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. 6. The involvement of the applicant in seven other criminal cases has been disclosed in para-17 of the affidavit, in three of which he has been granted bail. 7. The State has filed a counter affidavit opposing the bail Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bajhul Quamar Siddiqui, Chandan Srivastava, Mohammad Imran, Pranshu Agrawal Counsel for Opposite Party(s): G.A., Kuldeep Srivastava Durga Prasad .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home U.P. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) application. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that FIR has been lodged after non-return of investment in a Company; the applicant was neither a Director nor any principle position holder in the Company; that the applicant has been granted bail in three other cases of similar nature and he is languishing in jail since 23.12.2023, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail in the aforesaid case. 9. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Durga Prasad be released on bail in the aforementioned 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. August 25, 2025 -Amit K- BAIL No. 1959 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench