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2025 DAILYLAW 162767 (ALL)

SANDEEP PANDEY v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/8543/2025 · 2025-09-11

Subhash Vidyarthi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8543 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Gyan Sagar Gupta, the learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Ashok Kumar 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. 0665 of 2021, under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., registered at Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 09.09.2021, alleging that the complainant had made investments in the Company- Shine City Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. but no return was paid on his investment and the complainant was duped. 4. Although, the applicant is named in the F.I.R, there is no specific allegation of commission of any act against him. 5. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. 6. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant's involvement in nine other cases have been disclosed in the affidavit, all of which are similar in nature arising out of non return of investments made in Company- Shine City Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. He further submitted that the applicant was a paid worker for the Company. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Aditya Vikram Shahi, Abhinav Kumar Shukla, Aryak Wadhawan, Gyan Sagar Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sandeep Pandey .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application and she has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge-sheet has already been submitted. 8. The learned counsel for the complainant has also opposed the bail application and he has submitted that the applicant has received money in his account from the account of a Company, which appears to be a part of the proceeds of crime of the Company. 9. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that a co-accused person, Asif Nasem, who is a director of the Company has already been granted bail by means of an order dated 20.08.2025 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 7748 of 2025. 10. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail. 11. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 12. Let the applicant- Sandeep Pandey be released on bail in aforementioned 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 11, 2025 S. Shivhare BAIL No. 8543 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHASHANK SHIVHARE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench