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2025 DAILYLAW 159065 (ALL)

VIKAS VERMA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. (HOME) GOVT. OF U.P. LKO.

BAIL/7824/2025 · 2025-08-21

Subhash Vidyarthi

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:49175 Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7824 of 2025 Applicant :- Vikas Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. (Home) Govt. Of U.P. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Vijay Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Shri Vijay Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Shri Jayant Singh Tomar, learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 197/2025, under Sections 310(2), 351(3), 317(3), 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Kotwali Tanda, District Ambedkar Nagar. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 27.06.2025 against Vikas Verma and his two named accomplices, stating that the accused persons had made the informant transfer Rs. 560/-, Rs. 200/- and Rs. 1000/- in three transactions through online mode and they had snatched away Rs. 5,000/- being carried by him. 4. Rs.1,760/- was transferred in the bank account of the the applicant in three transactions. 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the application, it has been stated that the applicant is a young man aged 24 years, he has no criminal history and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. 6. The applicant's involvement in eight other criminal cases has been disclosed in paragraph 18 of the bail application, in one of which he has been released on bail and in all the other cases he has not received any summons till date. 7. The co-accused person Deepnarayan Sharma from whom Rs. 500/- was recovered, has been granted bail by means of an order dated 29.07.2025 passed by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 6980 of 2025. The another co-accused Vishal Verma has been granted bail by means of an order dated 06.08.2025 passed by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 7279 of 2025 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances 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 on the ground of parity. 9. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Vikas Verma 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 the 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 :- 21.8.2025 S. Shivhare Digitally signed by :- SHASHANK SHIVHARE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench