Court No. - 64
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 25627 of 2021 Applicant :- Atul Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Ravindra Balkrishna Kanhere 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 material on record.
By means of this application, the applicant who is involved in Case Crime No.687 of 2020, under sections 363 and 376 I.P.C. and 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S.Sadar Bazar, District-Agra and is in jail since 26.11.2020, is seeking enlargement on bail during the trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is quite innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case; that in the medical report age of the victim was found to be 18 years; that the alleged victim was in consensual relationship with the present applicant and she was major at the time incident; she lived with the applicant for 21 days and she has not raised any alarm anywhere about her captivity.
He lastly submitted that the applicant, who is in jail since 26.11.2020 and has no criminal antecedents to his credit is entitled to be enlarged on bail during pendency of the trial.
The prayer for bail has been vehemently opposed by learned A.G.A. and Sri Vijay Tripathi, learned counsel for the complainant.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of the punishment, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail during the pendency of the trial.
Let the applicant Atul be released on bail in the aforesaid case on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:-
1. The applicant will continue to attend and co-operate in the trial pending before the court concerned on the date fixed after release.
2. He will not tamper with the witnesses.
3. He will not indulge in any illegal activities during the bail period.
It is further directed that the identity, status and residence proof of the sureties be verified by the authorities concerned before they are accepted.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the trial court will be at liberty to cancel the bail.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, self attested by learned counsel for the applicant along with 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 :- 27.7.2021 Asha