Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:39656 Court No. - 14 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6410 of 2025 Applicant :- Ashutosh Tripathi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ujjwal Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. 1. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicants on bail in Case Crime No. 66 of 2022, under Sections 409/ 420 IPC, Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on 18.01.2022 against six persons, including the applicant, stating that the complainant had made some investments in Massair Infra Tech Pvt. Ltd. but the amount was not refunded to him. 4. The applicant's criminal history of 34 cases has been disclosed in para 20 of the affidavit filed in support of the application and the applicant ash been granted bail in 5 cases of similar nature. 5. Co-accused Ratan Chandra Dwivedi, who is described in the FIR as the owner and CMD of the company, has been granted bail in the present case by means of an order dated 29.04.2022 passed by the Special Judge, CBI, Court No. 3, Lucknow. Another co-accused Jai Prakash Prajapati has also been granted bail by the Special Judge (Annexure No.7) 6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the grievance of the applicant is regarding non refund of money invested in a company, that the applicant has already been granted bail in 5 other cases of similar nature and the Chairman and the Managing Director of the company has already been granted bail in the present case and the applicant is languishing in jail since 04.02.2022, 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. 7. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 8. Let the applicant Ashutosh Tripathi be released on bail in Case Crime No. 66 of 2022, under Sections 409/ 420 IPC, Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow 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 :- 11.7.2025 kkb/ Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KUMAR BARANWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench