ANIL KUMAR BAJPAI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME U.P. LKO.
BAIL/6759/2025 · 2025-09-15
Subhash Vidyarthi
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6759 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J.
1. Heard Sri Manish Bajpai, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ashok Srivastava, learned Additional Government Advocate 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.409 of 2021, under Sections 419, 420, 471, 468, 467, 120-B I.P.C., registered at Police Station Wazirganj, District Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 18.12.2021 against seven named persons including the applicant and unnamed employees of the office of Sub Registrar stating that the informant's property was transferred on the basis of forged documents. The applicant has been implicated during investigation as he was working as a Record Keeper in the Sub Registrar's Office. Presently the applicant has attained the age of 62 years and he has already retired from service. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of bail application it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 5. The State has filed a counter affidavit annexing therewith copies of material collected during investigation and copy of extract of charge sheet submitted on 10.07.2025. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manish Bajpai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anil Kumar Bajpai .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
6. The beneficiary of the sale deed has filed Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.1169 of 2024, wherein an interim order has been passed by a Division Bench of this Court on 21.02.2024 staying his arrest. The executants of the sale deed Smt. Shirin Thomas Tekchand and Ms. Neha Pratima Baijanin have been granted bail by means of an order dated 07.06.2022, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, P.C. Act-VII, Lucknow. 7.
Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has no previous criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 11.06.2025 and the investigation already stands concluded and without making any observation, which may affect the merits of the case, 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. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant-Anil Kumar Bajpai 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. September 15, 2025 Ram. BAIL No. 6759 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench