ANURAG TIWARI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/8262/2025 · 2025-10-29
Karunesh Singh Pawar
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8262 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant who has filed supplementary affidavit which is taken on record, as well as the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. Ms Anupama Bhadauria, Advocate has filed vakalatnama for the complainant which is taken on record. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.118 of 2025, under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 351(4), 317(2), 61(2)(b) B.N.S and Section 66-D of Information Technology Act, registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, District Lucknow. 3. It is alleged in the prosecution case that some unknown accused persons have digitally arrested the complainant who is 73 years old woman and have extracted Rs.56 lacs from her. 4. The applicant's counsel submits that the applicant has already entered into a settlement with the complainant which is not denied by the complainant's counsel. The compromise has been filed along with the supplementary affidavit. It is submitted that the allegation in the prosecution case is that a sum of Rs.4.5 lacs has been found in the account of the applicant, allegedly received from the complainant. It is further submitted that as per compromise deed, Rs.2 lacs has already been given by the applicant to the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : I.M. Pandey Ist, Ajeet Verma, Mayankar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Anupama Bhadauria Anurag Tiwari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
complainant and the remaining Rs.2.5 lacs shall be given after release from jail in terms of compromise deed. 5. A co-accused person Mohammad Shameem Ansari, was granted stay on his arrest by means of an order dated 05.08.2025 passed by a Division Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 7081 of 2025. Another co-accused Mohan Kumar has been granted bail vide order dated 17.9.2025 passed in Bail No.8925 of 2025. The applicant claims parity. 6. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application. 8.
Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, bail order of co-accused, named above, the applicant has no criminal history, the offence is punishable upto maximum period of seven years, the fact that the settlement has been entered between the parties, undertaking given by the applicant, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail. 9. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 10. Let the applicant Anurag Tiwari, 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. October 29, 2025 kkb/ BAIL No. 8262 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KUMAR BARANWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench