Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48855 Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7763 of 2025 Applicant :- Gulab Chandra Maurya Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Imran Asim Khan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Imran Asim Khan, the learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Prashant Tripathi, the learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.832 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 against 13 named persons, not including the applicant, stating that the informant and several other persons had made investments in 15 companies of Time City Group but no refund was paid to them on their investments. 4. During investigation, it came to light that the applicant was an Additional Director for the Company till the year 2012 and, therefore, his name has also been included as an accused person and the investigation against him is going on. 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the anticipatory bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. 6. In para 20 of the affidavit, the applicant's involvement in 15 other cases has been disclosed and and the learned counsel for the applicant has submitted has submitted that the he was implicated in all the cases simultaneously as all the cases are of similar nature, arising out of grievance of non payment of returns on the investments made in the Company of Time City Group. He further submitted that the applicant was not named in any of the F.I.Rs and later on it has come to light that he was an Additional Director till the year 2012. 7. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co- accused persons namely, Santosh Kumar Singh has been granted bail by means of an order dated 24.07.2025 passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS Nos.6788 of 2025. Three other co-accused persons have also been granted bail in the present case, bail order of which are annexed with the bail application. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 23.06.2025; that four co-accused persons have already been granted bail 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- Gulab Chandra Maurya 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 :- 20.8.2025 -Amit K- Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench