HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33274 of 2026 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J. 1. Heard Sri Shiva Kant Dubey, learned counsel for accused applicant and learned A.G.A. for State. 2. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant/ accused- Bhanu Pratap Singh to enlarge him on bail in Case Crime No. 82 of 2026, under Sections 316(5), 61(2) BNS, P.S.- Araon, District- Firozabad, during the pendency of trial. 3. It is the contention of learned counsel for applicant that the FIR has been lodged on 17.06.2026 by Sri Aditya Pratap Singh, the Bank Manager of the Central Bank against three persons who are the officials of the same bank. The accused/appliant has not been named in the FIR. During investigation the statement of co-accused Dileep Kumar was recorded, wherein six persons were named, in whose name the bank account have been opened to siphon of gold money. Learned counsel further submits that the accused/applicant has no complicity. Out of six persons who have been named by co-accused. Two persons have already been granted bail by the coordinate Bench of this Court. The applicant is innocent. He has no role to play. It is only his name, which has been used by the co- accused. The applicant has no criminal history. The charge sheet is submitted. The accused applicant is languishing in jail since 19.06.2026. He seeks to be enlarged on bail. 4. Learned A.G.A. for State and learned counsel for the informant have Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shiva Kant Dubey, Surya Prakash Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Bhanu Pratap Singh .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 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 that the name of accused has been figured out from the statement of co-accused and apparently there is no other material against the accused/applicant except his bank account has been opened and the money has been siphoned of in that account, 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. 33274 of 2026 2 (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK RANJAN SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad