Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:107088 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16401 of 2025 Applicant :- Nitesh Kumar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sakshi Jaiswal,Vimal Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Counter affidavit filed today by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Vimal Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Rajiv Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material available on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 280 of 2024, under Sections 406, 420, 120B of I.P.C., Police Station - Civil Lines, District - Muzaffarnagar, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. It is further submitted that dispute is of purely commercial in nature which has been given colour of criminal intent. It has been further submitted that all the offence are punishable upto 7 years. Charge sheet has already been submitted against the applicant, therefore, there is no requirement of custodial interrogation. The applicant is a law abiding citizen and is languishing in jail since 19.01.2025 having no criminal history. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings. 5. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. for the State opposed the prayer for bail, but he could not dispute the aforesaid fact. 6. Thus, considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case as well as law laid down by the Apex Court regarding offences punishable upto 7 years in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another reported in (2021) 10 SCC 773 and Siddharth vs State of U.P. and another; (2022) 1 SCC 676 and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of accused and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. 7. Let the applicant- Nitesh Kumar, involved in the aforementioned crime be released on bail, on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, with the following conditions:- i. 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. ii. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial/investigation sincerely without seeking any adjournment. iii. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail. iv. The applicant shall attend in accordance with the conditions of the bond executed by him. 8. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 9. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. Order Date :- 7.7.2025 PS Digitally signed by :- POOJA SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad