HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33332 of 2026 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J. 1. Heard Mohd. Imran Khan, learned counsel for accused applicant and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant/ accused- Arif to enlarge him on bail in Case Crime No. 823 of 2015, under Sections 419, 420, 392, 342, 504 and 506 IPC, P.S.- Kosikalan, District- Mathura, during the pendency of trial. 3. It is the contention of learned counsel for applicant that the FIR has been lodged on 26.11.2015 by one S.Srinawasan Kiran against two named persons, namely, Rahul and Raju and some anonymous persons with the allegation that the informant has been duped of money for the purchase of gold bars. The informant when came to purchase the gold bars, the money has been taken but forged gold bars have been given by the accused. The role of accused/applicant attributed during investigation is that he has transported the informant on his motorcycle to the village of the co- accused. It is further contended that there is no other complicity attributed on the accused/applicant. No amount has ever been credited to the account of accused. He has no knowledge of any cheating with the informant. The applicant was not knowing about submission of charge sheet. He was never arrested during investigation. The accused/applicant has criminal history of five cases, out of which in two cases final report is submitted, in two cases he is on bail and in one case he is in jail. When he was in jail Warrant B was issued against accused/applicant. The accused Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd Imran Khan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Arif .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) applicant is languishing in jail since 08.07.2026. He seeks to be enlarged on bail. 4. Learned A.G.A. for State and learned counsel for the informant have opposed the prayer for bail. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 6. Considering the complicity of accused/applicant in the present case, the accused/applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 7. Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 8. The accused/applicant be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned in view of observation made by the Supreme Court in its dictums of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [(2024) 10 SCC 674] and Policy Strategy for grant of bail in re [(2024)10SCC 685]. 9. The accused-applicant shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal. September 18, 2026 Abhishek Sri. BAIL No. 33332 of 2026 2 (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK RANJAN SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad