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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:114754 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 21672 of 2025 Applicant :- Kunwarpal Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Agnivesh,Arvind Agrawal,Jadu Nandan Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Arvind Agarwal, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Purshottam Maurya, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. The present bail application has been filed by the applicant Kunwarpal with a prayer to enlarge him on bail in Case Crime No. 73 of 2025, under Sections 111, 316 (5), 318 (4), 336 (3), 338, 340 (2), B.N.S., Police Station-Jasrana, District-Firozabad, during pendency of trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the first information report was lodged by the informant against two persons namely Raghvendra Singh (Erstwhile Branch Manager) and Jai Prakash Singh (Clerk of Indian Bank) with the allegation of embezzlement of Rs. 1,85,97,900/-. Learned counsel for the applicant further submits that the applicant was not named in the First Information Report. Learned counsel for the applicant further submits that the real fact is that the applicant was friend of the named accused, Raghvendra Singh and the applicant was in need of money on which the main accused Raghvendra Singh, has transferred Rs. 35 Lakh, in the applicant's account. He further submits that the applicant has returned Rs. 19 Lakh to Somil through cheque No. 329674 and Rs. 15 Lakhs to Sukhdev through cheque No. 329675. He further submits that the main accused Raghvendra Singh, has been granted anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application No. 3797 of 2025, vide order dated 12.06.2025. Applicant has no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail; hence, bail has been prayed for.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail prayer but could not dispute the fact that the main accused has been granted anticipatory bail and the applicant has no criminal antecedents. Considering the nature of the offence, material/evidence brought on record, complicity of the accused, severity of punishment, the
submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. Let the applicant-Kunwarpal, involved in aforesaid case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two local sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:-
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence.
2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity.
3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial.
4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail.
Order Date :- 16.7.2025 Deepak/ Digitally signed by :- DEEPAK KUMAR KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- DEEPAK KUMAR KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad