HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9119 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Adil Abbas, Advocate holding brief of Shri Syed Tamjeed Ahmad, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Mayank Sinha, the 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. 709 of 2019, 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 an F.I.R., stating that the informant had made investments in M/s Shine City Infra Project Pvt. Ltd., thereafter, he came to know through newspaper that the Company had duped the investors. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant was the Director of the Company, M/s Shine City Infra Project Pvt. Ltd. during the period of January, 2015 to July, 2017, in which, investments were made. The applicant is languishing in jail since 23.11.2021 but the charges have not been framed til today. It has further been stated in the affidavit that as per the knowledge of the deponent, the applicant is involved in about 50 cases through out the State of U.P., all of which are similar in nature. The applicant has already been granted bail in 28 cases. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Syed Tamjeed Ahmad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rajeev Kumar Singh @ Rajeev Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 5. A co-accused, namely, Asif Naseem has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 13.08.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.4289/2025. 6. The learned Additional Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the State has opposed the prayer for bail and he has submitted that the applicant has duped thousands of persons and the offence committed by him is serious in nature which does not justify his release on bail, but the learned A.G.A. could not dispute the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 23.11.2021 and even charges have not been framed till date. A large bunch of bail applications have been connected and listed together and the State has filed a counter affidavit in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.4191 of 2025. 7. In reply to the aforesaid submission, the learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the Hon'ble Supreme Court has passed an interim order restraining distribution of assets of the Company by the Enforcement Directorate. 8. The Purpose of keeping an accused in custody during trial is to 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 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 appear 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 @ Rajeev 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 BAIL No. 9119 of 2025 2 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 26, 2025 V. Sinha BAIL No. 9119 of 2025 3 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench