Court No. - 68
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 37438 of 2021 Applicant :- Smt. Guddan Devi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rajjan Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.
Heard Sri Rajjan Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record of the case.
The present bail application has been filed on behalf of applicant Smt. Guddan Devi under Section 439 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, with a prayer to release her on bail in Case Crime No. 57 of 2021, under Sections 308, 323, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Sirsakalar, District Jalaun, during pendency of the trial.
It has been submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to enmity. First information report dated 30.5.2021 has been lodged against the applicant and three other co-accused persons, under Sections 323, 504, 506, I.P.C. with general allegation of marpeet by lathi danda. First information report has been lodged on the basis of false and frivolous allegations. It is further submitted that during the course of investigation, Section 308, IPC has been added on the basis of injuries of injured Anil, who has received lacerated wound 3 cm. x 0.5 cm. on over mid parietal region of skull and injury no.2 is pain over back. Injuries of other injured Manju Devi and Deshraj are simple in nature.
It is further submitted that cross F.I.R. of the present case has been lodged by co-accused Mewalal, against the informant and other persons. In the said incident applicant and co-accused Mevalal and Sajivan have received injuries. Applicant no.3, Sajivan has received fracture on left temporal bone.
It has also been submitted that co-accused, Mewalal, Gyan Prakash and Sajivan, having similar role, have already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 06.10.2021 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 37228 of 2021 and the applicant is also entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. The applicant has no criminal history. Charge sheet has been submitted on 26.8.2021 and the applicant is no more required for the purpose of investigation. It is next submitted that there is also no possibility of the applicant either fleeing away from the judicial process or tampering with the witnesses. The applicant, is languishing in jail since 14.7.2021, undertakes that she will not misuse the liberty, if granted. It has also been pointed out that in the wake of heavy pendency of cases in the Court, there is no likelihood of any early conclusion of trial.
Per contra learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail. In case the applicant is released on bail, she will again indulge in similar activities and will misuse the liberty of bail.
It is settled position of law that bail is the rule and committal to jail is an exception in the case of State of Rajasthan Vs. Balchand @ Baliay (1977) 4 SCC 308, the Apex Court observed that refusal of bail is a restriction on the personal liberty of the individual guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and opined para 2 "The basic rule may perhaps be tersely put as bail, not jail, except where there are circumstances suggestive of fleeing from justice or thwarting the course of justice or creating other troubles in the shape of repeating offences or intimidating witnesses and the like, by the petitioner who seeks enlargement on bail from the court. We do. not intend to be exhaustive but only illustrative." and considering the facts of the case and keeping in mind, the ratio of the Apex Court's judgment in the case of Gudikanti Narasimhulu And Ors vs Public Prosecutor, High Court Of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1978 SC 429, larger mandate of Article 21 of the constitution of India, the nature of accusations, the nature of evidence in support thereof, the severity of punishment which conviction will entail, the character of the accused-applicant, circumstances which are peculiar to the accused, reasonable possibility of securing the presence of the accused at the trial, reasonable apprehension of the witnesses being tampered with, the larger interest of the public/ State and other circumstances, but without expressing any opinion on the merits, I am of the view that it is a fit case for grant of bail. Hence, the present bail application is allowed.
Let applicant, Smt. Guddan Devi be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on her furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions-
(i) 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 or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
(ii) The applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses.
(iii) 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 of Cr.P.C.
(iv) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that she shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in the trial court.
(v) The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through her counsel.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
It is clarified that anything said in this order is limited to the purpose of determination of this bail application and will in no way be construed as an expression on the merits of the case. The trial court shall be absolutely free to arrive at its independent conclusions on the basis of evidence led unaffected by anything said in this order.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, self attested by the applicant along-with a self attested identity proof of the said person (preferably Aadhar Card) mentioning the mobile number to which the said Aadhar Card is linked.
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 :- 7.10.2021 Ishan