HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9233 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Pankaj Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Shikhar 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.21 of 2025 under Sections 318(2), 319(2), 338, 336(3), 340(2) of B.N.S. and Section 66-C of I.T. Act registered at Police Station- Cyber Crime Thana, District- Pratapgarh. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 09.07.2025 against the co-accused Shivam Tiwari, stating that the co- accused Shivam Tiwari had allured the informant to get him a loan, he accompanied the complainant to the bank for opening his bank account and he wrongfully mentioned his own mobile number in the bank account opened in the name of the complainant. The complainant apprehended that the applicant might have misused his bank account by indulging into some online transactions. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is an innocent person, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 5. Co-accused person- Anurag Shukla has been granted bail by means of an order dated 18.08.2025 passed by the Sessions Judge, Pratapgarh and it is recorded in that order that the complainant has not suffered any monetary Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankit Pal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) loss in the incident. Another co-accused- Shivam Tiwari has also been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 16.09.2025 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.8866/2025. 6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application and he has submitted that investigation of the present is still going on. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant was implicated in the present case on the basis of custodial statement of the named accused- Shivam Tiwari; co-accused Shivam Tiwari and Anurag Shukla have already been granted bail coupled with the fact that the applicant is in jail since 11.07.2025 and the investigation is still going on, 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. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Ankit Pal 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 24, 2025 V. Sinha BAIL No. 9233 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench