HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1148 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Manish Nigam, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant as well as Shri Ashok Kumar Srivastava, the learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The instant application has been filed by the applicant seeking anticipatory bail in F.I.R./Case Crime No.17 of 2025, under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468 I.P.C., registered at Police Station- Laliya, District- Balrampur. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged by an Inspector of Police on 03.02.2025 against three named persons stating that on the basis of an information received from a Mukhbir, the three named persons were arrested along with three SUVs and the accused persons confessed that they had got the vehicles financed on the basis of forged documents. 4. During investigation, it came to light that the applicant was working as a Customer Relationship Manager in the State Bank of India, Sarojini Nagar Branch, Kanpur from where the vehicles were financed in the year 2015. 5. Co-accused Chandan Jaiswal has been granted bail by means of an order dated 09.05.2025 by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Crl. Misc. Bail Application No.4055 of 2025. 6. In the affidavit filed in support of the anticipatory bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is a 64 years old innocent person, having no Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manish Nigam, Sushil Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Jaideep Srivastava .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) criminal history and he has been falsely been implicated in the present case. 7. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and he has submitted that the investigation in the matter is still going on. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the vehicles were financed about a decade ago, the applicant was working as Customer Relationship Manager and the applicant was not the sole authority to sanction loan of the aforesaid vehicles; that the applicant has no previous criminal history and has presently attained the age of 64 years and that the co-accused has already been granted bail, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for granting anticipatory bail to the applicant. 9. In view of the above, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant is allowed. In the event of arrest/ appearance of applicant before the learned Trial Court in the aforesaid case crime, he shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing personal bond and two solvent sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of S.H.O./Court concerned on the following conditions and subject to any other conditions that may be fixed by the Trial Court : (i) that the applicant shall make himself/herself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) that the applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; (iii) that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court. (iv) that the applicant shall appear before the trial court on each date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted; and (v) that the applicant shall not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. September 4, 2025 S. Shivhare NABAIL No. 1148 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHASHANK SHIVHARE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench