Court No. - 44
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 46439 of 2018 Applicant :- Hari Verma Alias Hariya Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Dinesh Kumar Gupta,Virendra Singh Parmar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Arun Kumar Singh
Hon'ble Rahul Chaturvedi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the material on record.
By means of this application, the applicant who is involved in case crime no. 125 of 2017, under Sections 302, 394, 411, 34 IPC, P.S. Kotwali Hamirpur, District Hamirpur is seeking enlargement on bail during the trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the FIR of the incident was lodged by one Sri P.K.Soni under Section 302 and 394 IPC against unknown persons with the allegation that informant's aunt Shanti Devi was looted at her residence by some unknown miscreants. The name of the applicant figure up on extra judicial confession of one Shariffuddin recorded on 12.04.2017. Thereafter the alleged recovery of certain articles were also made. It is contended by the counsel that list of the looted articles were given by the informant after the recovery which looses its efficacy. It is further contended by the counsel that there are criminal history which has been duly explained in supplementary affidavit. He lastly submitted that the applicant is in jail since 14.04.2017 is entitled to be enlarged on bail during the pendency of trial.
Per contra learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforementioned facts and submitted that this is typical modes operandi of the applicant. There is huge recovery of ornaments from the applicant but facts remains that the list of the looted articles were given much after the incident and as such no reliance could be placed. It is further contended by the learned counsel for the informant that the applicant is more interested in getting bail instead of participating in trial.
Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I find it to be a fit case for bail.
In view of the above, let the applicant- Hari Verma Alias Hariya be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two heavy sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned in case crime no. 125 of 2017, under Sections 302, 394, 411, 34 IPC, P.S. Kotwali Hamirpur, District Hamirpur with the following conditions:-
(i) THE APPLICANT SHALL FILE AN UNDERTAKING TO THE EFFECT THAT HE/SHE SHALL NOT SEEK ANY ADJOURNMENT ON THE DATE 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/HER COUNSEL. IN CASE OF HIS/HER ABSENCE, WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE, THE TRIAL COURT MAY PROCEED AGAINST HIM/HER UNDER SECTION 229-A IPC.
(iii) IN CASE, THE APPLICANT MISUSES THE LIBERTY OF BAIL DURING TRIAL AND IN ORDER TO SECURE HIS/HER PRESENCE PROCLAMATION UNDER SECTION 82 CR.P.C., MAY BE ISSUED AND IF APPLICANT FAILS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COURT ON THE DATE FIXED IN SUCH PROCLAMATION, THEN, THE TRIAL COURT SHALL INITIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM/HER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, UNDER SECTION 174-A IPC.
(iv) THE APPLICANT SHALL REMAIN PRESENT, IN PERSON, BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT ON DATES FIXED FOR (1) OPENING OF THE CASE, (2) FRAMING OF CHARGE AND (3) 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 THE HIM/HER IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.
(v) THE TRIAL COURT MAY MAKE ALL POSSIBLE EFFORTS/ENDEAVOUR AND TRY TO CONCLUDE THE TRIAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE APPLICANT.
However, it is made clear that any wilful violation of above conditions by the applicant, shall have serious repercussion on his/her bail so granted by this court and the trial court is at liberty to cancel the bail, after recording the reasons for doing so, in the given case of any of the condition mentioned above.
Order Date :- 19.12.2018 Abhishek Sri.