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TEJNARAYAN SHUKLA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/8270/2025 · 2025-09-02

Subhash Vidyarthi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8270 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Manoj Kumar Singh, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Jayant Singh Tomar, the learned A.G.A.-I 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. 901/2021, under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, IPC, Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 15.11.2021 alleging that the informant had made investments in Shine City Infra Project Pvt. Ltd., but no return was paid to him on the investment. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is not named in the F.I.R. and he has been implicated subsequently as during investigation it came to light that he was acting as an Agent in the Company. It has been further stated that the applicant has been granted bail in a similar case by means of an order dated 22.05.2025 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 7836 of 2025. 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case because he used to work as an agent for the company. 6. The learned AGA-I has opposed the prayer for bail and he has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge sheet has been submitted on 12.08.025. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the FIR alleges non-return of benefits in Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manoj Kumar Singh, Kunwar Prithvi Tomar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Tejnarayan Shukla .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) respect of the investment made in a company; the applicant was merely working as an agent in the company and he was neither director nor any principal position holder in the company, coupled with the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 23.07.2025 whereas the investigation already stands concluded and he has already been granted bail in a similar case, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Tejnarayan Shukla 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. September 2, 2025 A.Nigam BAIL No. 8270 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ NIGAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench