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2025 DAILYLAW 69572 (ALL)

SHUBHAM KATIYAR v. State of U.P.

BAIL/22397/2024 · 2025-05-01

Gautam Chowdhary

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:70503 Court No. - 86 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22397 of 2024 Applicant :- Shubham Katiyar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Dharam Veer Singh,Shobhit Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material brought on record. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that allegation made in the F.I.R. is that the named accused persons including the applicant along with other Bank employees fraudulently withdrawn thirty lakh rupees from the account of the informant. Learned counsel further submits that there is no evidence that a single penny has been deposited in the account of the applicant. The applicant has been falsely implicated due to ulterior motive. There are two cases shown in the criminal history of applicant, in which he is on bail. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused have also been mentioned. It has also been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required and is also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon him. He next submits that the applicant is in jail since 13.12.2021. 3. Learned A.G.A. for the State has opposed the prayer for bail but he has not disputed that applicant was benefited by the transactions made from the account of the informant. 4. Considering the overall facts and circumstances, the nature of allegations, the gravity of offence and without expressing any opinion on merits, this Court finds it to be a fit case for bail. Accordingly, the bail application stands allowed. 5. Let the applicant-Shubham Katiyar, be enlarged on bail in Case Crime No. 771 of 2021, under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471, 506, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- Jagdishpura, District- Agra, on executing a personal bond and furnishing two local sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: i) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. ii) The applicant shall not threaten or harass the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court. iv) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which the applicant is accused, or suspected of the commission. v) 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 such person from disclosing facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. 6. In case of default of any of the conditions enumerated above, the court concerned shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of applicant in accordance with law. Order Date :- 2.5.2025 Mustaqeem. Digitally signed by :- MOHD MUSTAQEEM KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad