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2025 DAILYLAW 186626 (ALL)

PUNEET VERMA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

ABAIL/1270/2025 · 2025-11-15

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. - 1270 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.33 of 2023 under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 406, 120-B I.P.C., P.S. SIT Lucknow, District - State SIT. 2.Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 3.Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the role assigned to the accused applicant is similar to that of the co-accused Amit Kumar Singhania who has been granted anticipatory bail vide order passed in anticipatory bail No.258 of 2025. The other co-accused persons, namely Piyush Jain and Rakesh Kumar Surana have also been granted anticipatory bail vide orders filed collectively as Annexure No.7 to the application. 4.Learned counsel for the applicant undertakes that the applicant shall cooperate in the investigation. 5.Learned Addl. Government Advocate has opposed the prayer made by applicant's counsel but could not dispute the argument advanced by learned counsel for the applicant. 6.Considering the above aspects of the matter, the fact that the applicant has no criminal history, the offences are triable by Magistrate, the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rishabh Chauhan, Atul Krishna, Praveen Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Puneet Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) undertaking given on behalf of the applicant that he will cooperate in the investigation, the bail orders of the co-accused, named above, perusal of the record, as also the judgment in Sushila Aggarwal and others versus State (NCT of Delhi) and another (2020)5 SCC 1 and without entering into the merit of the case, it would be appropriate to grant protection to the applicant. 7.In view of the above, it is provided that in the event of arrest, the applicant shall be released on anticipatory bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the investigating officer/S.H.O. The applicant shall report to the investigating officer within ten days from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The investigating officer shall enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail, as directed above. 8.The applicant shall cooperate in the investigation and he will not influence the witnesses. The applicant shall not leave India sans previous permission of the Court. In case of default, it would be open for the investigating agency to proceed in accordance with law/ to move application for vacation of this order. 9.The application is allowed accordingly. November 15, 2025 kkb/ ABAIL No. 1270 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KUMAR BARANWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench