Court No. - 66
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 47386 of 2021 Applicant :- Deepak Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Ch. Dil Nisar,Vinay Prakash Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J.
Heard Shri Ch. Dil Nisar, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri I.P. Srivastava, learned AGA for the State.
A first information report was lodged as Case Crime No.0505 of 2021 at Police Station- Deoband District-Saharanpur under Sections 60(2) Excise Act and Section 272, 273 IPC.
The bail application of the applicant was rejected by learned Special Judge (E.C Act)/Additional Sessions Judge, Saharanpur, on 30.09.2021.
The applicant is in jail since 13.07.2021, pursuant to the said F.I.R.
Shri Chowdhari Dil Nisar, learned counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case. No recovery of liquor or related items has been made from the applicant. Recovery was made from an open space. There is no independent witness to the recovery. There is no forensic science laboratory report which confirms that the substance allegedly recovered substance is adulterated liquor or noxious to public health.Learned counsel for the applicant has explained the criminal history of the applicant and further contends that the same has no bearing on the instant case. Lastly it is contended by the learned counsel for applicant that the applicant shall not abscond and will fully cooperate in the criminal law proceedings. The applicant shall not tamper with the evidence nor influence the witnesses in any manner.
Learned A.G.A could not satisfactorily dispute the aforesaid submissions from the record. However, he does not contest the criminal history of the applicant as disclosed in the bail application.
Courts have taken notice of the overcrowding of jails during the current pandemic situation (Ref.: Suo Motu Writ Petition (c) No. 1/2020, Contagion of COVID 19 Virus in prisons before the Supreme Court of India). These circumstances shall also be factored in while considering bail applications on behalf of accused persons.
I see merit in the submissions of the learned counsel for the applicant and hold that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail.
In the light of the preceding discussion and without making any observations on the merits of the case, the bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant-Deepak involved in Case Crime No.505 of 2021 at Police Station-Deoband District-Saharanpur under Sections 60(2) Excise Act and Section 272, 273 IPC, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions.
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial.
2. The applicant will not influence any witness.
3. The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted.
4. The applicant 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 to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court.
Order Date :- 22.12.2021 Nadeem