Court No. - 50
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4033 of 2019 Applicant :- Ajay Kumar Shah Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Kiran Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Aniruddha Singh,J.
This case has been assigned by The Hon'ble The Chief Justice vide order dated 29.1.2019.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Ms. Ladlee Pandey, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
According to the prosecution case the F.I.R. was lodged against seven accused persons, namely, Kunjan Kumar, Prince Kumar Tiwari, Jitendra Kumar, Saket Bihari, Ajay Kumar Shah, Manoj Kumar and Dinesh Nai alleging that on 6.9.2018 they were arrested by the Police personnel and Rs.38,000/-, forged appointment letters, mobile phones and other material were recovered and it was found that they were cheating the persons by giving forged appointment letters for service.
Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that co-accused-Saket Vihar has been enlarged on bail by co-coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 2.1.2019 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 49715 of 2018 and the case of the present applicant is identical with the case of the co- accused, who has been enlarged on bail; hence he is also entitled for the same benefit; the applicant is languishing in jail since 6.9.2018 (about five months) having no criminal history; there is no independent witness; the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in trial.
On the other hand, learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by learned counsel for the applicant and admitted that the applicant has no criminal history and the case of the present applicant is identical to the case of co-accused who has been enlarged on bail.
Considering the submission of learned counsel for the parties, facts of the case, nature of allegation and period of custody, gravity of offence, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the opinion that it is a fit case for bail. Hence, the bail application is hereby allowed.
Let the applicant Ajay Kumar Shah involved in Case Crime No. 1020 of 2018, under Section 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C. and 66/66 [D] I.T. Act, P.S.
Sadar Bazar, District Agra be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:
1. The appellant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial.
2. The appellant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness.
3. The appellant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted.
4. The appellant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected.
5. The appellant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 29.1.2019 OP