HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15067 of 2026 Court No. - 73 HON'BLE VIKRAM D. CHAUHAN, J. 1. Learned A.G.A. submits that instructions have been received and has no objection in case the bail application is heard on merits. 2. Heard Sri D.R. Chaudhari, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Sajay Prakash Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant was not named in the first information report. It is alleged that the borrower has taken a loan of Rs.18 lacs. The aforesaid loan was taken by submitting forged documents. The allegation against the applicant during investigation is that part of the amount was transferred from the loan account to another account of third entity and from the account of third entity the amount was transferred in the account of the applicant, which the applicant has returned to the third entity. There is no direct contact with the accused persons or loan account in question. The applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant has no criminal history. Applicant is languishing in jail since 11.3.2026 and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial. 4. Learned A.G.A. for the State opposed the prayer for bail but does not dispute factual matrix of the case. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sanjay Prakash Tiwari, Siddharth Chaudhary, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ashutosh Thakur .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Learned AGA has not brought any fact or circumstances to indicate criminal history or antecedents of the applicant which would disentitle the applicant for Bail. 6. It is not the case of the State that the applicant has not cooperated in the investigation or proceedings before the trial court. 7. The principle that Bail is a rule and Jail is an exception has been well recognised by Apex Court more specifically on the touch stone of Article 21 of the Constitution. The said principle has been reiterated by the Apex Court in Satyendra Kumar Antil Vs Central Bureau of Investigation and another, 2022 (10) SCC 51. Learned AGA has not shown any exceptional circumstances which would warrant denial of bail to the Applicant. 8. No material, facts or circumstances has been shown by learned AGA that the accused may tamper with the evidence or witnesses or the accused is of such character that his mere presence at large would intimidate the witnesses or that accused will use his liberty to subvert justice or tamper with the evidence. 9. It is settled principle of law that the object of bail is to secure the attendance of the accused at the trial. No material particulars or circumstances suggestive of the applicant fleeing from justice or thwarting the course of justice or creating other troubles in the shape of repeating offences or intimidating witnesses and the like have been shown by learned AGA for the State. 10. Learned AGA for the State has not shown any material or circumstances that the accused/applicant is not entitled to bail in larger interests of the public or State. 11. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. BAIL No. 15067 of 2026 2 12. Let the applicant Ashutosh Kumar involved in Case Crime No.988 of 2018, under Sections 420, 468, 468, 471 I.P.C. and Section 8 of Prevention of Corruption Act, Police Station Kotwali, District Ghaziabad be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and 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 and/or the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required. 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. 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. vi. The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. vii. In the event, the applicant changes his residential address, the applicant shall inform the court concerned about new residential address in writing. 13. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court. May 14, 2026 Bhaskar BAIL No. 15067 of 2026 3 (Vikram D. Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- BHASKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad