Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23141 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3035 of 2025 Applicant :- Amitabh Kumar Srivastava @ Amitabh Srivastava Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko Counsel for Applicant :- Desh Mitra Anand,Prateek Rawat,Rajendra Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Kuldeep Srivastava Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Initially, there was some confusion as to whether this bail application should be decided by this Bench or with some other Bench. A report was called for from the Registrar, Listing of this High Court and he has submitted a report dated 22.04.2024 that the bail application should be decided by this Bench. 2. Heard Shri Desh Mitra Anand, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Ambrish Verma, learned AGA for the State, Shri Kuldeep Srivastava, learned counsel for the Director of Enforcement and perused the records. 3. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.651 of 2020, under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C. registered at Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. 4. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. alleging that the informant had made some investment in a Project of Shine City Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Company but no return was paid on his investment. 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. It has further been stated that the applicant was an Additional Director of the Company since 17.03.2016 and he had resigned from the aforesaid position on 05.12.2019. It has further been stated in the affidavit that the applicant had no previous criminal history but as per his knowledge, he has been roped in more than 159 F.I.R.s registered under different police stations and the learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that all the F.I.R.s relate to disputes regarding Shine City Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Company only. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant has been granted bail in about 70 cases. 7. Learned State Counsel has vehemently opposed the bail application and he has submitted that the applicant is involved in a large scale financial fraud affecting a very large number of persons and, therefore, he is not entitled to be released on bail. However, he could not refute the submissions of the learned counsel for the applicant that although the applicant is languishing in jail since 17.10.2020, even charges have not been framed till date. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the purpose of keeping an under trial person in custody is to ensure his availability to face the trial and the trial has not even commenced in spite of a period of more than four years has been elapsed since the applicant was taken into custody, 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 crime. 9. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Amitabh Kumar Srivastava @ Amitabh Srivastava 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. . [Subhash Vidyarthi, J.] Order Date :- 23.4.2025 -Amit K- Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench