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Ajeet Kumar Gupta @ Ajeet Gupta v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko

Allahabad HC6 Feb 2024/688/2024

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Bail application filed by Ajeet Kumar Gupta in a cheating case. The court observed that the applicant has been in custody for over three years without trial commencement and allowed bail on furnishing personal bond and sureties.

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Application allowed; applicant released on bail on furnishing personal bond and two sureties.

Ajeet Kumar Gupta @ Ajeet Gupta Vs State of U.P. Thru… — Bail and Remand | Allahabad HC (2024)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:10946

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Court No. - 27

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 688 of 2024

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Applicant :- Ajeet Kumar Gupta @ Ajeet Gupta Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko Counsel for Applicant :- Vivek Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

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Heard Ms. Anamika Singh, Advocate holding brief of Sri Vivek Kumar Shukla, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Manish Kumar Pandey, the learned AGA-I for the State and perused the records.

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The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicants on bail in Case Crime No. 206 of 2021, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Kumarganj, District Faizabad/Ayodhya.

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The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 23.06.2021 against nine persons, not including the applicant stating that the informant had made investment in Eye Vision India Credit Cooperative Society Limited, but upon maturity no amount was paid to him. Applicant's criminal history of 152 cases have been disclosed in paragraph 02 of the supplementary affidavit, in 46 of which the applicant has been granted bail.

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In the affidavit filed in support of the application, it has been stated that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case.

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It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 but trial of any of the cases has not commenced till date.

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The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter.

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Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2020 for past more than 3 years without even commencement of trial, I am of the view that the

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applicant is entitled to be released on bail in the present case.

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Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

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Let the applicant-Ajeet Kumar Gupta @ Ajeet Gupta 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 magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:-

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(i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence;

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(ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses;

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(iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court.

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(Subhash Vidyarthi, J.)

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Order Date :- 6.2.2024 Ram.

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Digitally signed by :- RAM SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench

Ajeet Kumar Gupta @ Ajeet Gupta v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko

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