HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8371 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Nandit Kumar Srivastava, the learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Tanmay Krishna Srivastava, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Stayendra Srivastava, the learned A.G.A. appearing on behalf of the State and perused the records. A supplementary affidavit has been filed by the applicant annexing therewith a copy of charge-sheet, which is taken on record. 2. The instant application has been filed by the applicant seeking anticipatory bail in F.I.R. bearing Case Crime No.0045 of 2021, under Sections 409, 420, 34, 120-B of I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kaiserbagh, District Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 05.03.2021 against a solitary named accused person and some unnamed employees of Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University, near Kaiserbagh, an inquiry was conducted, in which, it transpired that Vice Chancellor of the University (the named accused) had got several works conducted in violation of the relevant financial rules and has spent Rs. 3,08,00,000/- in an illegal manner. 4. During investigation, it transpired that the applicant had approved certain payments without following the due procedure prescribed under the Rules. 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the anticipatory bail application it has been contended that the applicant is a 53 years old innocent person having no criminal history and he has been falsely implicated in the present case merely because he has done some works in performance of his duties as per direction of the Vice Chancellor. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Tanmay Krishna Srivastava, Suruchi Tripathi, Ujjwal Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Gyanendra Dutt Bajpai .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application and he has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge-sheet has been submitted against eight persons, including the applicant. 7. A co-accused Dr. Srishti Mathur, who is a Professor against whom similar allegations have been levelled, has been granted anticipatory bail in the present case by means of an order dated 29.08.2025 passed by this Court in Crl. Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application u/S 438 Cr.P.C. No.939 of 2025. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant is not named in the FIR; a co-accused against whom similar allegations have been levelled has been granted anticipatory bail in the present case and that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 23.07.2025 whereas the investigation already stands concluded, 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- Gyanendra Dutt Bajpai 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. September 3, 2025 -Amit K- BAIL No. 8371 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench