Court No. - 48
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 37301 of 2018 Applicant :- Ankit Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Amar Jeet Upadhyay Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Karuna Nand Bajpayee,J.
This third bail application has been filed seeking the release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 35 of 2017, under Sections 394, 411 I.P.C., Police Station Pallavpuram, District Meerut. The first bail application was rejected by this Court on 10.5.2017 on merit while the second bail application was rejected by this Court on 28.8.2018 in absence of counsel.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. Perused the record.
Submission of the counsel for the applicant is that the trial has already started and a number of prosecution witnesses examined in the court have not supported the prosecution version and they have turned hostile and it is in this background that the applicant may be released on bail.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that it is demonstrably clear that attempt is being made on the part of the accused side to placate the witnesses and tamper with prosecution evidence as a result of which the witnesses have turned hostile. Submission is that if the accused shall be released on bail even the remaining chances of a fair trial shall be lost beyond redemption and as the trial is already in progress, any order by this Court after considering the details of the merits of the case is fraught with the risk to cause serious prejudice to the trial.
I have considered the submissions raised at the bar and perused the record in the light of the same.
Keeping in view the overall facts and circumstances of this case and also keeping in view the fact that the trial is already progressing and witnesses are being examined, this Court does not deem it fit to enter into the details of the factual merits of the case and pass any speaking order on that basis on the point of bail. The matter is within the realm of the trial court now and the accused should get the final verdict with regard to their innocence or guilt from the trial court itself on the basis of thorough appreciation of evidence produced in the trial. This Court, therefore, abstains to pass order on the point of bail at this stage of the trial, lest it might cause prejudice to either side or impair the prospects of an impartial dispassionate verdict by the trial court.
Moreover, as earlier bail application has already been rejected by the preceding Bench on merits, I do not see any adequate good fresh ground on the basis of which the prayer for bail may be reconsidered and granted.
The third bail application, therefore, stands rejected.
It is clarified that the observations, if any, made in this order are strictly confined to the disposal of the bail application and must not be construed to have any reflection on the ultimate merits of the case.
Order Date :- 31.10.2018 Naresh