HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2361 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Vivek Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Ms. Shikha Sinha, learned A.G.A.-I for the State. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.537 of 2020, under Section 409, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, 506 IPC registered at Police Station- Kotwali Nagar, District- Ayodhya/Faizabad. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 13.08.2020 against 13 persons and unknown persons including the applicant, alleging that the informant had made some investments in Eye Vision Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. under allurement of lucrative returns but upon maturity of returns, the informant was not paid any amount. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the application it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. 5. The applicant's involvement in 139 criminal cases 36 cases relating to NI Act has been mentioned in para 17 of the affidavit filed in support of the application and he has been granted bail in 132 cases. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 and the trial has not even commenced till date. 7. Co-accused Pradeep Kumar Singh, Kanhaiya Lal Gupta and Ajay Kumar Upadhyay have been granted by means of an orders dated 11.11.2021, 28.03.2022 and 11.05.2023 passed by this Court in Crl. Misc. Bail Application Nos.12896 of 2021, 3046 of 2022 and 3674 of 2023. 11 other co-accused persons have also Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vivek Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ajeet Kumar Gupta Urf Ajeet Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru Principal Sec. Home .....Opposite Party(s) been released on bail in the present case. 8. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer of the bail, but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter. 9. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and that applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 and 14 other co-accused persons have already been granted bail in the present case, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 10. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 11. 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 the 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. 2361 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench