HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8069 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Vivek Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. Shikher Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.12 of 2024, under Section 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC registered at Police Station- Kotwali Nagar, District- Ayodhya/Faizabad. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 06.01.2024 against seven persons, including the applicant, alleging that the informant had made some investments in Anee Bullion Group and Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Eye Vision Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. under allurement of lucrative returns but upon maturity of returns, the informant was not paid any amount. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the application it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. 5. The applicant's involvement in 139 criminal cases 36 cases relating to NI Act has been mentioned in para 19 of the affidavit filed in support of the application and he has been granted bail in 133 cases. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 and the trial has not even commenced till date. 7. Co-accused Shiv Kumar Goshwami and Ajay Kumar Upadhyay have been granted by means of orders dated 28.05.2025 and 06.09.2024 passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in Crl. Misc. Bail Application Nos.12789 of 2024 and 2061 of 2024, respectively. 8. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer of the bail, but he could not dispute the fact that two co-accused persons have already been granted bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vivek Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ajeet Kumar Gupta @ Ajeet Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 9. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and that applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 and two other co-accused persons have already been granted bail in the present case, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 10. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 11. Let the applicant- Ajeet Kumar Gupta 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. August 27, 2025 Preeti. BAIL No. 8069 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- PREETI GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PREETI GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench