Court No. - 36
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13019 of 2021 Applicant :- Jafar And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ashish Goyal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned Additional Government Advocate representing the State and perused the record of the case.
By means of this application, the applicants, Jafar, Sabir, Sabu and Sahabdin, who are involved in Case Crime No.796 of 2020 under Sectino 420, 411, 120B IPC and 66D Information Technology Act, P.S. Vrindavan, Distt. Mathura are seeking enlargement on bail during the trial.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicants that no independent witnesses support the recovery in question. The applicants have been falsely implicated in the present case. Several criminal cases have been mentioned against the applicants but it is contended that in most of the cases they have been enlarged on bail vide Annexure No.3. It is contended that one of the co-accused has been enlarged on bail by this Court on 22.3.2021 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.15284 of 2021. The applicants are languishing in jail since 26.12.2020. In case the applicants are released on bail they will not misuse the liberty of bail.
Per contra learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail prayer of the applicants by contending that the innocence of the applicants cannot be adjudged at pre trial stage therefore, the applicants do not deserve any indulgence. In case the applicants are released on bail they will misuse the liberty of bail.
Having considered the submissions of the parties, without expressing any opinion on the merits, let the applicants Jafar, Sabir, Sabu and Sahabdin involved in the aforesaid case, be released on bail on their furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions that :-
(i) The applicants shall file an undertaking to the effect that they 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 applicants shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through their counsel. In case of their absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against them under Section 229-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iii) In case, the applicants misuse the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure their presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. is issued and the applicants fail to appear before the court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court shall initiate proceedings against them, in accordance with law, under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iv) The applicants 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 applicants are 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 them in accordance with law.
(v) The applicants shall file computer generated copy of this order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad.
(vi) The computer generated copy of this order shall be self attested by the counsel of the party concerned.
(vii) 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.
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.
Order Date :- 7.4.2021 SP/