HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33802 of 2026 Court No. - 70 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. Heard Sri I.K. Chaturvedi, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the applicant and learned AGA for the State and perused the record of the case. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 384 of 2025, under Sections 316(5), 61(2) B.N.S., Police Station- Mahuli, District Sant Kabir Nagar, during pendency of the trial in the court concerned. Learned Senior Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is next submitted that the applicant was not named in the First Information Report and his name surfaced during the course of investigation on the basis of the alleged confessional statements of the named co-accused, namely, Dhananjay Shukla and Rajni Prajapati. It is contended that Dhananjay Shukla and his wife are the main accused and beneficiaries of the alleged misappropriation, and that the amount allegedly received in the applicant's account has already been returned to the accounts of the victims. It is further submitted that the other co-accused, namely Sanjay Kumar Das and Amit Kumar Srivastava, have already been enlarged on anticipatory bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 Nos. 1842 of 2026 and 8548 of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Saurabh Chaturvedi, Sr. Advocate, Vijendra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Vikrant Prakash Singh .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 2026, respectively. It is further submitted that the applicant has no concern with the allegations levelled against him. It is also submitted that except for the present case, the applicant has no criminal antecedents and that he has been in judicial custody since 05.07.2026. Learned counsel for the applicant further submits that the applicant undertakes not to misuse the liberty of bail, if granted, and shall cooperate with the trial. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the applicant is involved in the commission of the alleged offence and that there are specific allegations against him. It is submitted that although the applicant was not named in the FIR, his complicity surfaced during the course of investigation from the statements of the co-accused and the material collected by the Investigating Officer. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, perusing the record, evidence and also considering the nature of allegations, arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail during the pendency of the trial. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. Let applicant, Vikrant Prakash Singh be released on bail in the aforesaid case on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:- (i). The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. (ii). The applicant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. (iii). The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted. (iv). The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected. BAIL No. 33802 of 2026 2 (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 him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. It is further directed that the identity, status and residence proof of the sureties be verified by the authorities concerned before they are accepted. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the trial court will be at liberty to cancel the bail. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. September 29, 2026 Brijesh BAIL No. 33802 of 2026 3 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad