JUDGMENT :

KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

1. Heard Sri Arun Sinha and Sri Ayodhya Prasad Mishra, learned counsels for the applicant and Sri Vinod Kumar Shahi, learned Additional Advocate General assisted by Sri Santosh Kumar Mishra, learned AGA-I for the State of U.P.

2. By means of the present bail application, the applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 160 of 2020, under Sections 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC and Section 7ka/8(1)(1) of Prevention of Corruption Act, Police Station-Hazratganj, District-Lucknow, during the pendency of trial.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

3. As per prosecution story, two persons, namely, Vaibhav Shukla and his friend Santosh Sharma are said to have met the Informant, Manjeet Singh Bhatia @ Rinku at his residence at Indore, Madhya Pradesh in the month of April, 2018. They are stated to have enquired from Informant whether he has flour mill and also about annual turnover of his business. Vaibhav Shukla belonged to a very respectable family and is a closed friend of the Informant. The said two persons, Vaibhav Shukla and Santosh Sharma are said to have taken documents of Informant's company pertaining to previous financial years and also the profile of Informant's co