HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8654 of 2023 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Chandra Shekhar Sinha, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Prashant Tripathi, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 668 of 2020, under Sections 419, 420, 506 I.P.C. registered at Police Station - Gomti Nagar, District - Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 17.09.2020 against 2 persons, including the applicant, stating that the informant had made investments in Anee Group of Companies but no refund has been made. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. Involvement of the applicant in 150 other cases has been disclosed in para 11 of the bail application and all the cases are of similar nature. 5. The State has filed counter affidavit annexing therewith all the materials collected during the investigation and in para 13 of the counter affidavit it has been stated that the charge sheet has been filed. 6. Applicant's involvement in 150 cases of similar nature has been disclosed in the affidavit and in 109 cases, the applicant has already been granted bail. In the present case, co-accused namely Ajay Prakash Upadhyay has already been granted bail by coordinate Bench of this Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Chandra Shekhar Sinha, Gaurav Verma, Vivek Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Brijesh Singh Vishen Ajeet Kumar Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) Court. 7. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application but he could not dispute the fact that allegations levelled against the applicant are similar to those levelled against the co-accused person, who has already been granted bail. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and without making any observation, which may affect the merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on the ground of parity. 9. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Ajeet Kumar Gupta 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, unless his appearance is exempted by the learned trial court. September 11, 2025 Ram. BAIL No. 8654 of 2023 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- RAM SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench