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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:45087 Court No. - 69 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 2488 of 2025 Applicant :- Mahendra Maurya Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Dhanesh Chandra Dubey,Satyendra Narayan Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Varma,J.
1. Heard counsel for the applicant, Sri Neeraj Kumar Sharma, learned AGA for the State and perused the material on record. 2. This application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in Session in Case Crime No. 552 of 2022, under sections 419, 420 of I.P.C, Police Station- Robertsganj, District- Sonbhadra. 3. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case. The applicant was an employee of a company known as Real Vision Land Developers India Ltd. The co-accused, Girja Shankar Patel was the Director and Vinod Kumar Singh was the Managing Director of the said company. The applicant was neither a director nor a senior functionary, who is responsible for a day to day affairs of the company. The applicant is not responsible for the viability of the business model or failure of the company to make good on its promises of higher returns. The amount was credited in the account of the company. The policy bonds were issued by the aforesaid company. The applicant is not the beneficiary of the illicit transaction and no money was credited in the account of the applicant. The case of the applicant is clearly distinguishable from that of the co-accused, Girja Shankar Patel and Vinod Kumar Singh. Investigation has been completed. The applicant had cooperated in the investigation. Charge-sheet has been filed. No custodial interrogation is required. The applicant has been summoned by the concerned court. The applicant has no criminal antecedents. The applicant has apprehension of his arrest in the above mentioned case. In case, the applicant is released on anticipatory bail, he will not misuse the said liberty. 4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail but could not satisfactorily dispute the aforesaid submissions from the record. 5.
Having regard to the submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant, considering the nature of accusations, antecedents of the applicant and the fact that the applicant was an employee of a company known as Real Vision Land Developers India Ltd. The amount was credited in the account of the company. The policy bonds were also issued by the aforesaid company. At this stage, there is no substantive evidence against the applicant. Charge-sheet has been filed. The applicant had cooperated in the investigation and no custodial interrogation is required, without commenting on merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on anticipatory bail. 6. In the event of arrest, the applicant Mahendra Maurya, involved in the aforesaid case crime be released on anticipatory bail during pendency of trial, on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:- (i) the applicant shall make himself available on each date fixed in the matter by the court concerned; (ii) 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 from disclosing such facts to the Court; (iii) the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court and if he has passport the same shall be deposited by him before the concerned court.
7. In default of any of the conditions, the court concerned is at liberty to pass appropriate orders for enforcing and compelling the same.
8. The application stands disposed of.
Order Date :- 2.4.2025 Sachin Mishra Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad