HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8327 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Sudhir Singh Raghuvanshi, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Mayank Sinha, the learned Addl. Government Advocate, for the State and perused the records. 2. This application has been filed by the applicant seeking his release on bail in the FIR/case crime No. 546 of 2021, under Sections 420, 409 IPC, PS Kotwali Nagar, District Gonda. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR stating that the applicant was posted as a constable in the civil police. He absconded from duty since 4/7/2013, and yet he withdrew salary for 68 months, amounting to rupees 21,92,814/-. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is a 62-year-old innocent person having no criminal history. 5. The learned Additional Government Advocate has opposed the bail application, and he has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge sheet has been submitted on 13/6/2025. 6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the facts that, even as per the FIR allegations, the applicant did not attend his duty since 4/7/2013, and no disciplinary action was taken against him, and the authorities continued to transfer salary to the petitioner’s account without his presence on duty, and that the applicant has now attained the age of 62 years and he is languishing in jail since 18/5/2025, whereas the investigation already stands concluded, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sudhir Singh Raghuvanshi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Raj Karan Verma .....Applicant(s) The State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Raj Karan 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 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 2, 2025 A.Nigam BAIL No. 8327 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ NIGAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench