Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:101364 Court No. - 87 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 37469 of 2023 Applicant :- Mumtaj Ahmad Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Anand Mohan Pandey,Dharmendra Singh,Manvendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1.Sri Manvendra Singh, Advocate appears and submits that the accused/applicant has been falsely implicated in Case Crime No.725 of 2022, under Sections 419, 420, 406 and 504 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali, District Fatehpur. 2. Learned counsel for the accused-applicant, contends that the accused has been falsely roped in the aforesaid case through an application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. moved by the informant alleging therein that the informant has been duped of Rs.6 lacs in a scheme floated by MDS Mutual Benefit India Ltd. It is further submitted that charge-sheet has already been submitted against the accused-applicant and two others, out of whom one co-accused has already been granted bail. The applicant is languishing in jail since 09.06.2023 and file is not proceeding despite submission of charge-sheet as one of the co-accused, who has the main role in the matter, is absconding. As such, he prays that the accused/applicant be enlarged on bail. 3. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that there is criminal history of eight cases against the applicant arising out of more deposits in the mutual fund. 4. Countering the aforesaid submissions, learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the cases registered against the accused has already been explained and in none of the cases accused has been convicted. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the records which prima facie reveals that the F.I.R. has been registered through an application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. in the year 2022, wherein there is allegation of duping the informant of Rs.6 lacs with assurance of giving better outcome of the deposits made by the informant. The charge-sheet has already been filed in the matter and the accused is facing trial. The matter is triable by Magistrate, wherein the accused-applicant is languishing in jail since 09.06.2023, 6. As such the bail application is allowed. 7. The accused/applicant-Mumtaj Ahmad be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned. Order Date :- 1.7.2025 MN/- (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAHENDRA NATH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad