HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 2339 of 2026 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J. 1. Heard Mr. Aditya Upadhyay, learned counsel for the applicant, Mr. Nikhil Srivastava, learned counsel for the first informant as well as Shri Umashankar Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 356 of 2025, under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 351(2) and 61(2) of BNS, 2023, Police Station- Shalimar Garden, District- Ghaziabad with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicant may be released on bail. 3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the co-accused Sunil Kumar Gupta, who is said to have taken loan from the first informant, has already been granted regular bail by the Sessions Court. It is further submitted that the applicant has been assigned the role of being associate with the co-accused persons. It was also submitted that applicant undertakes to co-operate during trial and he would appear as and when required by the investigating agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, applicant is granted anticipatory bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. has opposed the application for anticipatory bail and submitted that the applicant, being a government Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Aditya Upadhyay, Ambrish Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Hari Shanker Srivastava, Nikhil Srivastava Ravi Gupta .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) servant, has indulged in loan transaction between the applicant and the first informant and he has received certain amount as brokerage and he has received loan amount in his bank account from the co-accused Sunil Kumar Gupta. 5. As per first information report, the co-accused Sunil Kumar Gupta has received Rs. 32,00,000/- loan from the first informant and the applicant is said to have extended help in the said transaction. Co-accused Sunil Kumar Gupta has already been granted regular bail by the Sessions Court. 6. It may be stated that in case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694, it has been held by Hon'ble Supreme Court that while deciding anticipatory bail, Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must evaluate entire available material against the accused carefully and that the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into consideration. 7. In the instant case, considering the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, role of applicant and all attending facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, a case for anticipatory bail is made out. 8. The anticipatory bail application is allowed. 9. In the event of arrest of the applicant- Ravi Gupta involved in the aforesaid case crime shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, with the following conditions :- (i) The applicant shall not tamper with evidence and that he would appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted by the Court concerned; (ii) 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/her/them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; NABAIL No. 2339 of 2026 2 (iii) The applicant would co-operate during trial and would not misuse the liberty of bail. (iv) The applicant shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned. 10. In default of any of the conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the applicant. March 19, 2026 Rama Kant NABAIL No. 2339 of 2026 3 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad