SUJEET KUMAR GAUTAM v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
/4368/2025 · 2025-12-15
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4368 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the role attributed to the applicant in the prosecution case is that of a property dealer. It is alleged that the applicant introduced Nankau as Shravan Kumar, who executed a registered agreement to sell dated 14.10.2015 in respect of Plot No. K-280, Sector-18-B, Awas Vikas Yojna, Lucknow, in favour of the informant. Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that the co-accused, Nankaur, who is alleged to be the impersonator, has already been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 08.04.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 11380 of 2024, and the applicant seeks parity with the said order. Except for the alleged role of a property dealer, no specific overt act has been assigned to the applicant. The applicant is in judicial custody since 25.03.2025. The criminal history has been duly explained in paragraphs 31 to 38 of the bail application. The offence is triable by a Magistrate. It is further submitted that there is no possibility of the applicant of fleeing away after being released from jail or tampering with the witnesses. In case the applicant is enlarged on bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail. Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shrikant Mishra, Mamta Rawat, Praveen Kumar Singh, Sarjoo Ram Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Arpit Srivastava Sujeet Kumar Gautam .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
aforesaid facts as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant. In view of the submissions made, the limited role attributed to the applicant, the grant of bail to the co-accused on the ground of parity, the period of incarceration, and the fact that the offence is triable by a Magistrate, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the bail application is allowed. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant Sujeet Kumar Gautam, involved in FIR No. 0637 of 2020, U/s 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504 and 506 of I.P.C. Police Station-Ashiana, District-Lucknow, 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. Any other condition(s) which the trial court/concerned court may deem fit and proper, in the circumstances of the case, may also be imposed. It is clarified that the observations made in this order are confined to the present bail application and shall have no bearing on the merits of the trial. December 15, 2025 R.C.
BAIL No. 4368 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench