Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:28265 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4134 of 2025 Applicant :- Sunil Kumar Chaubey Opposite Party :- Central Bureau Of Investigation / A.C.B. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Jai Narayan Pandey,Abhishek Kumar Tiwari,Anubhav Singh Patel,Aprajita Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- Anurag Kumar Singh Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Jai Narayan Pandey, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Anurag Kumar Singh, the learned counsel for the respondent-CBI and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in RC No. 0062025A0002, under Section 61(2) of BNS, 2023 and Section 7 of P.C. Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018), Police Station CBI/ACB Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 13.02.2025 against the applicant, who was posted as Field Manager in U.P. Baroda Bank, Kasimabad Branch, Ghazipur stating that the applicant had demanded 10% of the loan amount of Rs. 1,95,000/- as Mudra Loan from the informant. 4. On the aforesaid FIR, a trap was laid and the money was recovered from another employee of the bank, namely, Ravindra Kumar. Ravindra Kumar stated that he had demanded and received money on the instructions of the applicant. 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 6. The learned counsel for the respondent-CBI has opposed the bail application and he has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge sheet has been submitted against the applicant and co-accused Ravindra Kumar. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that although the FIR alleges that the applicant had demanded bribe money, the money was given and recovered from another accused person Ravindra Kumar; Ravindara Kumar has already been granted bail by a co- ordinate Bench of this Court and that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 18.04.2025 whereas the investigation already stands concluded, 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. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant-Sunil Kumar Chaubey 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. Order Date :- 14.5.2025 Pradeep/- Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench