HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 693 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Counter affidavit filed by Sri. Neeraj Pandey, learned counsel for the complainant-bank as well as rejoinder affidavit filed by Sri Shiva Kumar Shukla, Advocate appearing on behalf of the learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Shiva Kumar Shukla, Advocate appearing on behalf of the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Neeraj Pandey, leaned counsel for the complainant-bank as well as learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of the State and perused the records. 3. The instant application has been filed by the applicant seeking anticipatory bail in F.I.R. bearing Case Crime No.0069/2025 under Sections 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B I.P.C., registered at Police Station- Hasanganj, District- Lucknow. 4. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 14.04.2025 against 17 persons including the applicant who is the Manager Banking Operations in State Bank of India, stating that numerous customers were granted loan on the basis of forged documents in connivance with some mediators. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rishi Saxena, Amit Kumar Tiwari, Ayushi Singh, Gaurav Saxena, Jayaditya Rai, Jushi Saxena, Neeraj Kumar Saxena, Rajni Saxena, Seena Saxena Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Neeraj Pandey Amit Jain .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Lko And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the anticipatory bail application, it has been contended that the applicant is innocent, he has falsely been implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the co-accused person, namely, Sarvesh Kumar has already been granted anticipatory bail by means of the order dated 27.05.2025 passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application No.533 of 2025. 7. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the investigation is still going on. 8. Learned counsel for the complainant-bank has also opposed the aforesaid prayer and has submitted that the applicant was working as Manager Banking Operations and he has duped the bank by granting loans to numerous persons on the basis of a forged documents. He has further submitted that the allegation against the co-accused Sarvesh Kumar is that he has acted as a mediator in grant of loan to the customers but the applicant was working as Manager Banking Operations and, therefore, the case set up against the applicant is not at par with the case set up against the co-accused Sarvesh Kumar who had been granted anticipatory bail. 9. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the allegation against the applicant is that he has granted loans to the numerous persons on the basis of forged documents, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts do not warrant discretion of this Court by granting pre-arrest bail to the applicant. 10. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands rejected. September 22, 2025 V. Sinha NABAIL No. 693 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench