Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46340 Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7396 of 2025 Applicant :- Santosh Kumar Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deppt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Ajay Kumar Verma,Manoj Kumar Mishra,Piyush Tripathi,Shubham Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Gaurav Mani Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Manoj Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Shikhar 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. 820 of 2024, under Sections 420, 409 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Dewa, District Barabanki. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 01.12.2025 against 16 persons, including the applicant stating that the informant had made investments in the companies of Time City Group but no return was paid on the investments. The applicant is said to be a Director of the company. 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 12 other cases has been disclosed in para 23 of the affidavit filed in support of the application, all of which are of similar nature arising out of the disputes regarding non-payment of benefits on the invested amount in the companies of Time City Group and the applicant has already been granted bail in 8 cases. Copies of bail orders have been brought on record by filing a supplementary affidavit. The co-accused Pandey who is Chairman of the company and Ashok Singh who is General Manager of the company have already been granted bail in the present and copies of their bail orders have been annexed with the bail application. 5. The learned Additional Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the State has opposed the prayer for bail and he has submitted that the applicant is guilty of duping a large number of innocent people, however, he could not dispute the fact that the applicant has been granted bails in several cases of similar nature and Chairman and General Manager of the company have also been granted bail. 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 07.05.2025 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 Kumar Singh 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