Court No. - 2
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14161 of 2019 Applicant :- Dheeraj Pandey Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Babboo Ram,Sharique Ahmed Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Rajendra Kumar Singh
Hon'ble Suneet Kumar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. appearing for the State and perused the record.
This is the second bail application. First bail application was rejected vide order dated 7 August 2018.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the first informant (P.W.-1), father of the deceased, has been examined during trial. In his statement he admitted that the applicant, husband of the deceased, was not present on the spot on the date of incident rather he was in Ahmedabad where he is working. It has been categorically stated that the applicant along with his brother were not instrumental in causing burn injury to the deceased. The applicant has no other reported criminal antecedent. The applicant is languishing in jail since 1.11.2017.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant.
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 tampering 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-Dheeraj Pandey involved in Case Crime No.
348 of 2017, under Sections 304/34, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station Pawara, District Jaunpur be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs. One lac with two sureties (one should be of his family members) 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 :- 29.5.2019 S.Prakash