HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9117 of 2023 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.378 of 2021, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, Police Station Kotwali, District Unnao. 3. The submission of the Counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is in custody since 08.07.2021 and the report of the trial court indicates that not even one witness has been examined. In terms of the allegations also, the allegations were that the applicant had siphoned off certain money from the account of the informant. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the nature of the allegations coupled with the fact that the applicant had suffered pretrial detention of more than four and a half years and has no criminal antecedents, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail solely on that ground. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ankit Shukla be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anil Kumar Tiwari, Amaresh Kumar, Devendra Pratap, Saad Husain, Shashank Shekhar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Pradyumn Shukla Ankit Shukla .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. November 24, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9117 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench