Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:110302 Court No. - 87 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33690 of 2024 Applicant :- Madhu Sharma Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Devi Prasad Tripathi,Manish Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1. Learned A.G.A. filed counter affidavit today in Court, which is taken on record. 2. By means of this bail application the accused-applicant has prayed to be enlarged on bail in Case Crime No.18 of 2022 for offence under Sections 420, 419 I.P.C. and Sections 66C and 66D of I.T. Act, P.S. Cyber Crime Jhansi, District C.C.H.Q., Jhansi. 3. Shri Manish Kumar Pandey, learned advocate submits that the accused-applicant has been incorrectly implicated in the present case as she was working in NPCI Company, Delhi and being an employee of the company, she has been assigned the work of sending SMS and calling the persons for getting investment. In the garb of work, she has made calls to the informant and in return the informant has invested nearly Rs. 50 lacs, which has been credited to various accounts. Rs. 2,60,000/- has been credited in the account of the accused, which has been taken out and given to Jitendra @ Nishant and Mohd. Arsad Raza. The co-accused Mohd. Arsad Raza has already been granted bail by the coordinate Bench of this Court. The charge sheet has been submitted but the trial did not begin. 4. Learned A.G.A. submits that the accused is a habitual offender having two other cases to her credit. The charge sheet has been submitted. The involvement of the accused is reflected from the record. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submission made by the parties. 6. The perusal of the record reveals that during the period of 28.10.2018 to 24.01.2022 the informant was continuously in touch with the accused, who on the pretext of the company in which she was working, required the informant to deposit money, which has accordingly been deposited by the informant. The charge sheet has been submitted way back in 2022 but the trial has not begun so far, as has been revealed from the order sheet of the trial court filed along with supplementary affidavit. Accused-applicant is in jail since September, 2022. 7. As such, without touching the merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. Let the accused-applicant, Madhu Sharma involved in above mentioned case crime number be enlarged on bail subject to furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 Mini (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad