HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8486 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Adil Abbas, Advocate holding brief of Shri Syed Tamjeed Ahmad, 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.201 of 2020 under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of I.P.C. registered at Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged against eight persons, including the applicant, alleging that the informant had made investments in Shine City Projects Pvt. Ltd. but no returns were paid on the investments. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the application it has been stated that the applicant was an Additional Director of the Company since January 2014 till July, 2017. 5. The applicant is involved in 50 other cases of similar nature and he has been granted bail in 22 of those cases. 6. Two co-accused persons, namely, Amitabh Kumar Srivastava and Meera Srivastava have been granted bail by this Court and copies of their bail orders have been annexed with the bail application. 7.Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 23.11.2021 and even charges have not been framed till date. 8. The Purpose of keeping an accused in custody during trial is to Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Syed Tamjeed Ahmad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rajeev Kumar Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. U.P. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) enure his availability to face the trial. When the trial has not commenced in spite of expiry of a period of more than three and half years years since the applicant was taken in custody, it appears that the purpose of keeping the applicant in custody is not being achieved by the prosecution. In these circumstances, the continued incarceration of the applicant does not appeared to be serving the ends of justice. 9. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the F.I.R alleges non return of a money invested in a Company; it appears that no civil proceedings for recovery of the money has been instituted by the informant; the applicant is languishing in jail since 23.11.2021 and even the charges have not been framed till date, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail. 10. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 11. Let the applicant- Rajeev Kumar Singh 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, unless his appearance is exempted by the learned trial court. September 8, 2025 -Amit K- BAIL No. 8486 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench