Amitabh Kumar Srivastava @ Amitabh Srivastava v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko
Bail – Undertrial enlargement after prolonged detention without trial
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, Court No. 15; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:18331; CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 2730 of 2025; Amitabh Kumar Srivastava @ Amitabh Srivastava v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko; decided 02.04.2025 by Subhash Vidyarthi, J.; bail granted in Shine City Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. investment-fraud case (Case Crime No. 1420/2019, Ss. 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., P.S. Gomti Nagar, Lucknow); grounds: custody since 17.10.2020, charges not framed, trial not commenced after more than four years; counsel submissions: bail already granted in about 70 cases, more than 159 F.I.R.s across police stations; ex-Additional Director (17.03.2016 to 05.12.2019); conditions: no tampering with evidence, no pressurizing witnesses, appear on all trial dates.
What did the court decide?
Applicant to be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the magistrate/court concerned, subject to conditions that (i) he shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence, (ii) he shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses, and (iii) he shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court.