State of U.P. vs Party(s)

HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Shri Swetashwa Agarwal, Shri Ashutosh Mishra, and Shri Dinkar Lal, learned counsels for the applicant, Shri Roopak Chaubey, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. The instant bail application under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 has been filed seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 290 of 2025, under Section 318 (4), 338, 340 (1), 340 (2), 111, 336 (3) of BNS, Police Station Pilakhuwa, District Hapur, during the pendency of the trial before the Court below. The bail application of the applicant Vijendra Singh @ Vijendra Singh Hudda was rejected by the learned Sessions Judge, Hapur vide order dated 9.7.2025 and the applicant is languishing in jail since 18.5.2025. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the applicant has argued that the applicant is entirely innocent and has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number for ulterior motives. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel submits that the applicant is the Chancellor of Monad University, Pilakhuwa, Hapur which university is a 2 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025 recognized and reputed institution of higher education, with over 8000 students enrolled across various disciplines. The University was established under the Monad University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2010 (U.P. Act No. 23 of 2010) and is duly recognized under Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956. The University is equipped with world class facility and is recognized as an institution of excellence. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel further submits that the University itself has been a victim of forged and counterfeited degrees issued in its name and has proactively lodged FIRs and complaints in that regard which are pending investigation. The University has adopted several safety protocols to check the issuance of fake degrees and protect the sanctity and integrity of the degrees issued and conferred by it. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel next submits that the predicate FIR giving rise to the instant Case Crime No. 290 of 2025 has been lodged nominating 10 persons including the applicant pursuant to an alleged recovery of forged mark sheets, degrees, migration certificate from Monad University, apart from mobile phones, laptops and cash amount. The applicant is alleged to be involved in the printing of the fake degrees pertaining to Monad University with other co-accused persons. Shri Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel has argued that the applicant is a person of good repute and has been falsely implicated in this very case for ulterior purposes by planting certain incriminating documents under the guise of fake mark sheets and showing the recovery of 11 such fake mark sheets from the possession of the applicant even though there is nothing on record to indicate that the alleged recovered mark sheets were purposely forged by the applicant. It has also been argued that the arrest of the applicant from the University is per se illegal inasmuch as the ground of arrest has not been mentioned in the arrest memo which is clearly in violation of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Vihaan Kumar versus State of Haryana reported in 2025 SCC Online SC 269. It is also argued that the alleged recovered mark sheets do not match or correspond to the validly issued mark sheets by the University inasmuch as the serial numbers transcribed thereon is not prevalent upon the mark sheets issued by the University for the last several years nor 3 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025 there is any corresponding record available at the University to fortify the alleged issuance of the said mark sheets. The alleged recovered mark sheets have no connection either with the applicant or with the University. It has further been argued that the recovered mark sheets contain the prefix "MU" in their respective enrollment numbers which was prevalent at Monad University only up to the year 2012-2013. The applicant joined the University only in January, 2023. It has further been argued that the UP STF in March, 2025 had busted a fake mark sheets and degree racket and had arrested the mastermind Danish Mishra from Agra. Several forged/counterfeited mark sheets and degrees of various colleges and University including Monad University of which the applicant is the Chancellor were recovered from the said Danish Mishra. The said forged and counterfeited mark sheets and degrees are now being used against the applicant to undermine his reputation. It is accordingly submitted that prima facie no offence under Sections 318 (4), 338, 340 (1), 340 (2) 111, 336 (3) of BNS, 2023 is made out against the applicant in view of the evidence collected against the applicant. The applicant has no concern with the alleged offence and his name has surfaced in the confessional statement of co-accused Sandeep Sehravat. The applicant is not a flight risk. The applicant undertakes to extend all cooperation in the investigation and undertakes that he shall abide by the conditions imposed by this Court, if released on bail. Hence, prayer for bail has been made. Per contra, learned AGA has vehemently opposed the bail plea of the applicant by submitting that sufficient material has been collected against the applicant to establish his complicity in the commission of the crime. The applicant does not deserve the indulgence of this Hon'ble Court in the wake of criminal antecedents of the applicant, who is stated to be involved in as many as 118 FIRs relating to the Bike Bot Scam wherein the office bearers and employee of the company Gravit Innovation Promoters Ltd (GIPL) accepted investments from the investors/public under the garb of providing lucrative returns. Upon the failure of GIPL to return the money of the investors various FIRs were registered across the State of U.P. Prayer for outright rejection of the bail plea has accordingly been made. 4 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025 In rejoinder, Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the applicant has rebutted the submissions of the learned AGA by submitting that the learned AGA is attempting to prejudice this Court by submitting that the applicant has criminal antecedents of 118 cases. The applicant was neither the office bearer, Director nor the share holder of the company-GIPL, nor was engaged in its day to day affairs. The applicant was falsely implicated in the criminal cases pertaining to the said company GIPL owing to business transactions with it. Further the Apex Court under its order dated 12.05.2022 was pleased to club and merge all 118 FIRs relating to the Bike Bot Scam in the principal FIR bearing Case Crime No. 206 of 2019, PS Dadri, Gautam Budh Nagar. The applicant has been granted anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 206 of 2019 and also in ECIR No. LKZO/05/2019, under Section 3 & 4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Police Station Directorate of Enforcement, Lucknow vide order dated 20.5.2023 passed by the learned Special Judge, ED/Anti Corruption Act (CBI), Ghaziabad. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the records and considering all above facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Vijendra Singh @ Vijendra Singh Hudda, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:

1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence.

2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity.

3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. 5 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025

4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. October 14, 2025 Ravi/pks/Deepak (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) RAVI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Shri Swetashwa Agarwal, Shri Ashutosh Mishra, and Shri Dinkar Lal, learned counsels for the applicant, Shri Roopak Chaubey, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. The instant bail application under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 has been filed seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 290 of 2025, under Section 318 (4), 338, 340 (1), 340 (2), 111, 336 (3) of BNS, Police Station Pilakhuwa, District Hapur, during the pendency of the trial before the Court below. The bail application of the applicant Vijendra Singh @ Vijendra Singh Hudda was rejected by the learned Sessions Judge, Hapur vide order dated 9.7.2025 and the applicant is languishing in jail since 18.5.2025. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the applicant has argued that the applicant is entirely innocent and has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number for ulterior motives. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel submits that the applicant is the Chancellor of Monad University, Pilakhuwa, Hapur which university is a 2 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025 recognized and reputed institution of higher education, with over 8000 students enrolled across various disciplines. The University was established under the Monad University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2010 (U.P. Act No. 23 of 2010) and is duly recognized under Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956. The University is equipped with world class facility and is recognized as an institution of excellence. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel further submits that the University itself has been a victim of forged and counterfeited degrees issued in its name and has proactively lodged FIRs and complaints in that regard which are pending investigation. The University has adopted several safety protocols to check the issuance of fake degrees and protect the sanctity and integrity of the degrees issued and conferred by it. Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel next submits that the predicate FIR giving rise to the instant Case Crime No. 290 of 2025 has been lodged nominating 10 persons including the applicant pursuant to an alleged recovery of forged mark sheets, degrees, migration certificate from Monad University, apart from mobile phones, laptops and cash amount. The applicant is alleged to be involved in the printing of the fake degrees pertaining to Monad University with other co-accused persons. Shri Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel has argued that the applicant is a person of good repute and has been falsely implicated in this very case for ulterior purposes by planting certain incriminating documents under the guise of fake mark sheets and showing the recovery of 11 such fake mark sheets from the possession of the applicant even though there is nothing on record to indicate that the alleged recovered mark sheets were purposely forged by the applicant. It has also been argued that the arrest of the applicant from the University is per se illegal inasmuch as the ground of arrest has not been mentioned in the arrest memo which is clearly in violation of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Vihaan Kumar versus State of Haryana reported in 2025 SCC Online SC 269. It is also argued that the alleged recovered mark sheets do not match or correspond to the validly issued mark sheets by the University inasmuch as the serial numbers transcribed thereon is not prevalent upon the mark sheets issued by the University for the last several years nor 3 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025 there is any corresponding record available at the University to fortify the alleged issuance of the said mark sheets. The alleged recovered mark sheets have no connection either with the applicant or with the University. It has further been argued that the recovered mark sheets contain the prefix "MU" in their respective enrollment numbers which was prevalent at Monad University only up to the year 2012-2013. The applicant joined the University only in January, 2023. It has further been argued that the UP STF in March, 2025 had busted a fake mark sheets and degree racket and had arrested the mastermind Danish Mishra from Agra. Several forged/counterfeited mark sheets and degrees of various colleges and University including Monad University of which the applicant is the Chancellor were recovered from the said Danish Mishra. The said forged and counterfeited mark sheets and degrees are now being used against the applicant to undermine his reputation. It is accordingly submitted that prima facie no offence under Sections 318 (4), 338, 340 (1), 340 (2) 111, 336 (3) of BNS, 2023 is made out against the applicant in view of the evidence collected against the applicant. The applicant has no concern with the alleged offence and his name has surfaced in the confessional statement of co-accused Sandeep Sehravat. The applicant is not a flight risk. The applicant undertakes to extend all cooperation in the investigation and undertakes that he shall abide by the conditions imposed by this Court, if released on bail. Hence, prayer for bail has been made. Per contra, learned AGA has vehemently opposed the bail plea of the applicant by submitting that sufficient material has been collected against the applicant to establish his complicity in the commission of the crime. The applicant does not deserve the indulgence of this Hon'ble Court in the wake of criminal antecedents of the applicant, who is stated to be involved in as many as 118 FIRs relating to the Bike Bot Scam wherein the office bearers and employee of the company Gravit Innovation Promoters Ltd (GIPL) accepted investments from the investors/public under the garb of providing lucrative returns. Upon the failure of GIPL to return the money of the investors various FIRs were registered across the State of U.P. Prayer for outright rejection of the bail plea has accordingly been made. 4 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025 In rejoinder, Shri Manish Tiwary, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the applicant has rebutted the submissions of the learned AGA by submitting that the learned AGA is attempting to prejudice this Court by submitting that the applicant has criminal antecedents of 118 cases. The applicant was neither the office bearer, Director nor the share holder of the company-GIPL, nor was engaged in its day to day affairs. The applicant was falsely implicated in the criminal cases pertaining to the said company GIPL owing to business transactions with it. Further the Apex Court under its order dated 12.05.2022 was pleased to club and merge all 118 FIRs relating to the Bike Bot Scam in the principal FIR bearing Case Crime No. 206 of 2019, PS Dadri, Gautam Budh Nagar. The applicant has been granted anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 206 of 2019 and also in ECIR No. LKZO/05/2019, under Section 3 & 4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Police Station Directorate of Enforcement, Lucknow vide order dated 20.5.2023 passed by the learned Special Judge, ED/Anti Corruption Act (CBI), Ghaziabad. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the records and considering all above facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Vijendra Singh @ Vijendra Singh Hudda, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:

1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence.

2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity.

3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. 5 BAIL No. 31128 of 2025

4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. October 14, 2025 Ravi/pks/Deepak (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) RAVI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad