Court No. - 64
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 43321 of 2021 Applicant :- Anil @ Ajay Pratap Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Indra Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ajit Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the entire record.
The present bail application has been filed by the applicant in Case Crime No. 249 of 2021 under Sections 380, 411, 457 IPC, Police Station - Kotwali Nagar, District - Etah with the prayer to enlarge the applicant on bail.
The report of this incident was lodged under aforesaid sections of the IPC and it was alleged in the report by the complainant that theft in his house was committed by unknown persons in the night of 19.03.2021. After the lodging of the FIR, on the information given by the informer, the police arrested five accused persons including the applicant Anil @ Ajay Pratap on 28.06.2021 along with the alleged stolen articles.
The contention as raised at the Bar by learned counsel for the applicant is that applicant-accused is quite innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the present accused applicant was arrested nine days after the incident and there is no public witness to the alleged recovery. It is also argued that no proper identification was done of the recovered items or of accused and the alleged offence is triable by the Court of Magistrate. It is also argued that there is no male member in the family to do proper pairavi of this case and the family of the applicant is at the verge of starvation. Lastly, it is argued that the applicant is in jail since 28.06.2021 and that in case applicant is enlarged on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail.
Keeping in view the submission of learned counsel for the parties, period of detention of the applicant, considering that no proper identification of the recovered articles or that of the accused was done by the police, considering that the offence is triable by the Court of Magistrate and considering all other attending facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, at this stage, prima facie, a case for bail has been made out.
The prayer for bail is granted. The application is allowed.
Let applicant Anil @ Ajay Pratap involved in the aforesaid crime be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two local sureties to the satisfaction of court concerned subject to the following conditions:-
(1). The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence and the witnesses are present in Court. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law;
(2). The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his counsel. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against him under Section 229-A of the Indian Penal Code;
(3). In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail and in order to secure his presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the Court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court may initiate proceedings against him, in accordance with law, under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(4). The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. If in the opinion of the trial court default of this condition is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the trial court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of his bail and proceed against him in accordance with law.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, self attested by the learned counsel for the applicant alongwith a self attested identity proof of the said persons (preferably Aadhar Card) mentioning the mobile number (s) to which the said Aadhar Card is linked before the concerned Court/Authority/Official.
The concerned Court/Authority/Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
Order Date :- 28.10.2021 LBY