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2025 DAILYLAW 143480 (ALL)

MEERA SRIVASTAVA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/7711/2024 · 2025-08-07

Subhash Vidyarthi

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46538 Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7711 of 2024 Applicant :- Meera Srivastava Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Desh Mitra Anand,Utkarsh Anand Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Brijesh Singh Vishen Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. A request for adjournment of the case has been made on behalf of Shri Brjiesh Singh Vishen, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2. 2. On 09.06.2025 also, when the case was listed, adjournment had been sought on behalf of Shri Brjiesh Singh Vishen on the ground of his illness. While adjourning the case, this Court had specifically mentioned that in case the learned counsel for the complainant fails to assist the Court even on the next date, the matter shall be decided finally. 3. Accordingly, the Court proceeds to decide the bail application after hearing the submissions of the Shri Desh Mitra Anand, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Jayant Singh Tomar, learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perusing the records. 4. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.1585 of 2019, under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C. registered at Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow. 5. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. alleging that the informant had made investments in Shine City Infra Project Ltd. but no benefit was given to him on the investments made in the aforesaid company. 6. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is a woman who is an innocent person and has been falsely implicated in the present case. 7. The applicant's involvement in 90 other criminal cases has been disclosed in para 28 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, all of which are similar in nature and the applicant has already been granted bail in 75 cases of similar nature. 8. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 20.10.2021 and merely charges have been framed in about 10 cases in the last week. Not a single prosecution witness has been examined and in numerous cases, even charges have not been framed till date. 9. Learned A.G.A.-I has vehemently opposed the bail application but could not dispute the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case. 10. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, 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. 11. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 12. Let the applicant- Meera 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. Order Date :- 7.8.2025 S. Shivhare Digitally signed by :- SHASHANK SHIVHARE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench