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2025 DAILYLAW 180604 (ALL)

ANIKET PANDEY v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

ABAIL/1224/2025 · 2025-11-06

Karunesh Singh Pawar

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 1224 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1.The present anticipatory bail application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in case crime No.0089 of 2024 under sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., P.S. Gomti Nagar vVstar, district Lucknow. 2.Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 3.Allegation in the prosecution case is that by hatching conspiracy with co-accused persons, named accused Ram Kishore Datt Tiwari along with applicant prepared forged documents of plot No.5/158, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow in the name of Umapati Ram and sale deed was got executed in the name of Aniket Pandey, applicant who after four months sold it to the complainant. 4.Learned counsel for the applicant submits that offences are triable by Magistrate. The applicant has no criminal history. The co-accused persons have been granted regular bail by the court below. 5. Learned Addl. Government Advocate has opposed the prayer made by applicant's counsel. On the basis of record he has submitted that by committing forgery, forged sale deed in connivance with officials of LDA was prepared and got executed in the name of the applicant who in turn sold it to the complainant and received a sum of Rs.53 lacs in his account. It is not a case of false implication. He further submits that one of the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anil Kumar Sharma, Brijendra Kumar Tiwari, Rakesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Aniket Pandey .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) employees Ajai Pratap Verma who was instrumental in this case is already in jail. It is a racket. 6. I have considered the submission and perused the record. The allegation in the prosecution case on the applicant is of committing forgery. The offence is punishable with life. The applicant has received consideration amount in his account. It cannot be said to be a case of false implication. The plot of land belonging to LDA has been sold by the applicant by preparing forged sale deed. Custodial interrogation, prima facie, appears to be necessary. It is an exceptional jurisdiction. No case for anticipatory bail is made out. 7. The application is dismissed accordingly. November 6, 2025 kkb/ ABAIL No. 1224 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KUMAR BARANWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench