Court No. - 78
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 29742 of 2019 Applicant :- Devrath Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Gaurav Kakkar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J.
Heard Sri Mohd. Danish, Advocate holding brief of Sri Gaurav Kakkar, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Om Prakash Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material on record.
The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant, Devrath with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 134 of 2019, under Sections 420, 272, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C. and Section 63, 72(2), 60A of Excise Act, Police Station- Doghat, District- Baghpat, during pendency of trial.
It is argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. As per the allegations made in the F.I.R., the applicant along with other persons were involved in the manufacturing of illicit liquor. On information received by the informer, when the Police party raided, the applicant along with others arrested from the spot and, thereafter, 34 boxes adulterated liquor, 2 kg. urea and other articles have been recovered from the joint possession of the accused persons. It is next submitted that false recovery has been planted against applicant to implicate him in the offence, the said recovery has not been witnessed by any independent witness. Though the applicant was arrested from the spot but has nothing to do with the alleged recovery. It is next submitted that as per recovery memo, there is no mention whether recovered material is intended for sale or it is injurious to health. The applicant is languishing in jail since 03.06.2019. The applicant does not have any previous criminal history. In case, he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial by all means. Lastly, it is submitted that there is no chance of applicant fleeing away from judicial process or tampering with the witnesses.
Per contra learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail prayer of the applicant by contending that the innocence of the applicant cannot be adjudged at pre trial stage, therefore, he does not deserves any indulgence. In case the applicant is released on bail he will again indulge in similar activities and will misuse the liberty of bail.
Having considered the submissions of the parties and the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another, reported in (2018) 3 SCC 22 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, let the applicant involved in the aforesaid crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions that :-
(1) The applicant will not make any attempt to tamper with the prosecution evidence in any manner whatsoever.
(2) The applicant will personally appear on each and every date in the court and his personal presence shall not be exempted unless the court itself deems it fit to do so in the interest of justice.
(3) The applicant shall personally appear once in the first week of every month in the concerned Police Station for a period of two years. In case of any default, the In-charge, Police Station shall forthwith inform the concerned court about this breach.
It may be observed that in the event of any breach of the aforesaid conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to proceed for the cancellation of applicant's bail.
Office is required to communicate this order to the S.S.P. concerned who is required to convey this order to the concerned police station to ensure compliance of condition no.3 as provided herein before.
The concerned court below which will accept the bail bonds is also directed to convey a photo copy of this order to the concerned police station so that the condition no. 3 provided herein before may be complied with.
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 :- 25.7.2019 JK Yadav