Court No. - 88
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 25653 of 2021 Applicant :- Gulzar Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Chandra Bhushan Prasad,Manoj Kumar Dhuriya Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Anil Kumar Ojha,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
This bail application under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the applicant seeking enlargement on bail during trial in connection with Case Crime No. 66 of 2021, under Section 307 of I.P.C. registered at P.S.- Meerapur District- Muzaffar Nagar.
Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant has not committed the alleged offence. In the alleged incident of firing no police personnel sustained injury. There is no independent witness to support the prosecution version. The allegations levelled against the applicant are fully false and baseless and case under Section 307 I.P.C. is not made out against him. Further submitted that applicant is an active member of Village Union and always agitates against the ruling party regarding their policy against the farmer/labour due to which applicant has been falsely implicated. Criminal history of applicant has been explained in para no. 21 of the affidavit and para no. 7 of the supplementary affidavit filed in support of bail application. The applicant is languishing in jail since 12.03.2021.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail.
Nature of accusation, evidence collected by I.O. in support of the charge, gravity of offence, nature and severity of punishment in case of conviction, complicity of the accused and all other attending circumstances were duly considered.
Considering the rival submissions of learned counsel for the parties, keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, particularly the fact that in the alleged incident of firing no police personnel sustained injury, without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant Gulzar involved in the aforesaid case crime, be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions;
1. The applicant shall not tamper with the evidence or threaten the witnesses.
2. The applicant shall co-operate with the trial and shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for charge, evidence when the witnesses are present in the court, statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and argument.
3. During trial, he shall not indulge in any criminal activities.
In breach of any condition enumerated above, Trial Court shall be at liberty to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law.
Order Date :- 21.12.2021 VPS