Court No. - 59
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 29490 of 2018 Applicant :- Babloo Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Satendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Indra Mani Tripathi,Uday Bhan
Hon'ble Suneet Kumar,J.
Counter affidavit filed by learned A.G.A. and supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant are taken on record.
Heard Sri Satendra Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Indra Mani Tripathi, learned counsel for the informant and learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
As per the prosecution case, six nominated persons entered the house and opened indiscriminate fire upon the deceased; deceased succumbed to gun shot injury caused by co-accused Brijesh; co-accused Munendra fired upon injured witness Ramkumar; co-accused Sonu and Brijesh fired upon the brother of injured witness Ramkumar; postmortem examination report supports the prosecution version; recovery of the assault weapon has been made from co-accused Brijesh.
It is urged by learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is innocent; fire arm injury has not been assigned to the applicant; no recovery has been made from the applicant. It is lastly submitted that criminal antecedent has been explained and the applicant is languishing in jail since 23.03.2018; there is no likelihood of early disposal of trial and the applicant undertakes that if enlarged on bail, he will never misuse his liberty and will co-operate in the trial.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and considering the nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tempering of the witnesses and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case.
Let the applicant, Babloo, involved in Case Crime No. 110 of 2018, under Section 147, 148, 149, 452, 307, 302, 504, 506, 34 I.P.C., Police Station Ghiror, District Mainpuri, be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:-
(i) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when 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.
(ii) 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.
(iii) In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial 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 shall initiate proceedings against him, in accordance with law, under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iv) 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 absence of the applicant is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the trial court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of bail and proceed against him in accordance with law.
Order Date :- 19.9.2018 K.K. Maurya