HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9289 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Dinesh Chandra Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Abhay Kumar Singh, 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.359 of 2020 under Sections 419, 420 of I.P.C. registered at Police Station- Khandasa, District- Ayodhya. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 02.09.2020 against four persons, including the applicant, stating that the complainant had made investments in a chit fund Company of the accused persons but the cheque given to him towards return of the investment was dishonoured by the bank. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. 5. The applicant's involvement in 11 other cases has been disclosed in para 14 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application in 3 of which, he has been granted bail. In one case, a closure report has been submitted and in rest of those cases, the bail applications are pending. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the complainant alleges dishonour of a cheque and he has not filed any complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dinesh Chandra Shukla, Vishal Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ranjeet Maurya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application and he has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge- sheet has been submitted on 04.07.2021. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the FIR has been lodged when the money invested in the chit fund company was not returned to the complainant and a cheque was dis-honoured and the complainant has neither filed any complaint under Section 138 of N.I. Act nor has he instituted any proceedings for recovery of the money and he has prayed for return of money through the FIR; the investigation already stands concluded whereas the applicant is languishing in jail since 12.06.2025, 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- Ranjeet Maurya 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 25, 2025 -Amit K- BAIL No. 9289 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench