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2025 DAILYLAW 160592 (ALL)

KULDEEP SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/8105/2025 · 2025-09-01

Subhash Vidyarthi

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8105 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Smt. Manjusha Kapil, learned counsel for the applicant, Prashant Tripathi, the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.209 of 2025 under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) B.N.S and 66(D) of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, registered at Police Station- Sarojni Nagar, District- Lucknow 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 17.06.2025 against six persons, including the applicant, stating that on the basis of information received from a Mukhbir, the police raided a call centre where the accused persons, including the applicant, were working. The accused persons confessed that they were involved in duping persons through their Call Centre. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is a young man, he is innocent, he has no criminal history and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. 5. Co-accused- Sandeep Singh, who is said to be the owner of the Call Centre, has been granted anticipatory bail by means of an order dated 07.08.2025 passed by this Court in Crl. Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application u/S 482 BNSS No.982 of 2025. It has also been submitted on behalf of the applicant that co-accused Anchal Sharma has also been granted bail by this court by means of an order dated 19.08.2025, passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.7717 of 2025. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Kamlesh Singh, Manjusha Kapil Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Kuldeep Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application and she has submitted that investigation in the present case is still going on. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant is a young man having no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 17.06.2025 whereas the alleged owner of the Call Centre has already been enlarged on bail and a co-accused person against whom similar allegations have been levelled has been granted bail in the present case and without expressing any opinion on merits, 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 case. 9. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 10. Let the applicant-Kuldeep Singh be released on bail in the aforementioned 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 1, 2025 Ram. BAIL No. 8105 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench