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MAYA SINGH RAJPOOT v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. U.P. LKO. AND 2 OTHERS

NABAIL/600/2025 · 2025-09-10

Subhash Vidyarthi

Transfer Petitionbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 600 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Case called out. Nobody is present to press the application which is pending since 28.05.2025 and no request for adjournment has been made. Shri Mayank Sinha, the learned AGA for the State is present. 2. Therefore, the Court proceeds to examine the records and pass appropriate orders. 3. On 03.06.2025, after hearing learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State, this court had passed the following order: "1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as the learned AGA for the State and perused the records. 2. This is an application seeking anticipatory bail of the applicant in Case Crime No.0103 of 2024 under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 I.P.C. registered at Police Station- Fatehpur District- Barabanki. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 11.02.2025 against 5 persons, including the applicant alleging that the LUCC has not paid returns on the investments made in it by various persons. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the anticipatory bail application it has been stated that the applicant is a 49 years old woman. She had filed Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.16361 of 2024 challenging the F.I.R. No.0261 of 2024, under Sections 111, 318, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2), 351(3) B.N.S. Police Station Talbehat, District Lalitpur and her arrest has been stayed by means of an order dated 18.11.2024 till filing of the police report. However, numerous FIRs have been lodged against the applicant by the investors of LUCC including the present F.I.R. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shashank Shekhar Shukla, Amarendra Pratap Singh, Lalta Prasad Misra Counsel for Opposite Party(s): G.A., Amrit Kumar Tiwari Maya Singh Rajpoot .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 5. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the allegations in all the FIRs are substantially similar in nature. The applicant's husband Uttam Kumar Singh Rajput has been granted anticipatory bail by this court in Case Crime No.292 of 2024, lodged on similar allegations, by means of an order dated 15.05.2025, passed in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application No.333 of 2025. It has been stated that the applicant worked as treasurer of LUCC during the period 2016 to 2020 and she was removed from the said office on 25.02.2021. The applicant and her husband themselves had made investments in LUCC and they have not been paid returns on their investments. 6. It has been stated in the affidavit that apart from the cases filed by the investors of LUCC the applicant has no other criminal history. The co-accused Ram Naresh Verma has already been granted bail by means of an order dated 19.12.2024, passed by the Sessions Court. 7. The matter requires detailed consideration. 8. Issue notice to the opposite party No.3, returnable at an early date. 9. Learned counsel for the applicant shall take necessary steps in this regard within a period of one week. 10. Let a counter affidavit be filed within a period of four weeks. 11. List this case in week commencing 07.07.2025. 12. As an interim measure, it is provided that in the event of arrest/appearance of applicant- Maya Singh Rajpoot before the learned Trial Court in the aforesaid case crime, he/she shall be released on interim anticipatory bail on his/her furnishing personal bond and two solvent sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of S.H.O./Court concerned on the following conditions and subject to any other conditions that may be fixed by the Trial Court: (i) that the applicant shall make him/herself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) that the applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; (iii) that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court; (iv) that the applicant shall appear before the trial court on each date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted; and (v) that the applicant shall not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness." 4. The State has filed a counter affidavit annexing therewith copies of material collected during investigation and a copy of the charge- sheet. 5. The opposite party No.3 has filed a vakalatnama on 09.07.2025 but the learned counsel for the opposite party No.3 is not present to oppose the anticipatory bail application and the learned counsel for NABAIL No. 600 of 2025 2 the oppsoite party No.3 has not filed any counter affidavit. 6. The learned A.G.A. as well as the learned counsel for the opposite party No.3 did not point out any violation of the conditions of interim anticipatory bail by the applicant. Nothing has come to light which may persuade this court to take a view, other than the view taken at the time of granting interim anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. In view of above, the interim order dated 03.06.2025 is made absolute and the anticipatory bail application is allowed. September 10, 2025 -Amit K- NABAIL No. 600 of 2025 3 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench