HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7975 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Imran Asim Khan, the learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Satyendra Srivastava, 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.824 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 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Imran Asim Khan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Gulab Chandra Maurya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru . Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 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. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application and he has submitted that the investigation is still going on. 8. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused Santosh Kumar Singh has been granted bail by means of an order dated 08.08.2025 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS Nos.7396 of 2025. The other co-accused Deep Chandra Shukla has been granted bail by means of an order dated 16.07.2025 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS Nos.853 of 2025. 9. 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; two 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. 10. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 11. 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. August 26, 2025 S. Shivhare BAIL No. 7975 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHASHANK SHIVHARE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench