Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46310 Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7377 of 2025 Applicant :- Santosh Pandey @ Sanjay Mishra @ Manoj @ Rajiv Bhatia Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Baljeet Singh,Ravi Prakash Nigam Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Baljeet Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Satyendra 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.88 of 2024, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 406, 504, 506 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Ramganj, District Amethi. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 16.08.2024 against ten persons, including the applicant on the basis of an application under Section 156 (3) Cr.P.C. stating that under allurement of getting informant and some other persons employed the accused persons extracted money from them. The applicant is said to have extracted Rs.57,000/- from the informant in three transactions and he has also duped some other persons and has extracted a total of about Rs.1,50,000/-. The accused persons gave forged documents to the victims. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of bail application it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant's involvement in two other cases has been disclosed in para 15 of the affidavit. 5. The learned Additional Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the State has opposed the prayer for bail and he has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge sheet has been submitted on 17.06.2025. 6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 19.08.2024, the investigation already stands concluded and the trial is yet to commence 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. 7. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 8. Let the applicant-Santosh Pandey @ Sanjay Mishra @ Manoj @ Rajiv Bhatia 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. . [Subhash Vidyarthi, J.] Order Date :- 8.8.2025 Ram. Digitally signed by :- RAM SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench