DURGA PRASAD v. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT THRU. ITS ASS. DIR. LKO.
BAIL/4972/2025 · 2025-05-30
Subhash Vidyarthi
Criminal Appealbody2025
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:34101 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4972 of 2025 Applicant :- Durga Prasad Opposite Party :- Directorate Of Enforcement Thru. Its Ass. Dir. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Pranshu Agrawal Counsel for Opposite Party :- Kuldeep Srivastava Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.
1. Heard Sri Pranshu Agrawal, learned counsel for the applicant, as well as Sri Rohit Tripathi, learned counsel for the respondent-E.D., and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Sessions Case No. 1008/2024, Complaint Case No.94 of 2024, ECIR No. ECIR/LKZO/05/2021,under Section 3/4 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Police Station Directorate of Enforcement, District Lucknow. 3. The Enforcement Directorate had filed Complaint Case No. 94 of 2024 in the Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, CBI (West), Lucknow against four persons, including the applicant. 4. Co-accused- Shashi Bala @ Shashi Bala Singh has been granted bail by means of an order dated 15.01.2025 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Criminal Appeal No. 212 of 2025 and another co-accused- Udhaw Singh has been granted bail by means of an order dated 17.02.2025 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Criminal Appeal No.799 of 2025 and another co-accused Abhishek Kumar Singh @ Abhishek Thakur has been granted bail by means of an order dated 07.05.2025 passed by this Court in Cril. Misc. Bail Application No. 3985 of 2024. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the case
set up against the applicant is similar to the case set up against co-accused Abhishek Kumar Singh @ Abhishek Thakur, who has already been enlarged on bail. 6. The aforesaid submission advanced by the learned counsel for the applicant has not been disputed by Shri Kuldeep Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent-E.D. 7. In view of the aforesaid circumstances, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. 7. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 8.
Let the applicant-Durga Prasad 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 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, unless his appearance is exempted by the learned trial court. Order Date :- 30.5.2025 Pradeep/- Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench