Court No. - 23
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8035 of 2018 Applicant :- Jitendra @Jeetu Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Manish Tiwary,Ashwini Kumar Awasthi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Vakalatnama filed by Sri Prashant Vyas, Advocate on behalf of complainant, is taken on record.
Heard Sri Manish Tiwary, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Prashant Vyas, learned counsel for the complainant and Sri Ravi Singh Parihar, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
Learned counsel for the applicant in support of his prayer for bail submits that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that all specific allegation levied by the first informant are against co-accused Vikas Sharma and only the role of facilitating a telephonic conversation between the first informant and co- accused Vikas Sharma have been levied against the applicant. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed forth before the court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused has also been touched upon at length. It has been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required. It has also been submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 03.12.2017. The applicant has no other reported criminal antecedent.
Learned counsel for the complainant and learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the role of applicant is distinguishable from the role of co-accused Vikas Sharma.
Considering the nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tempering of the witnesses and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge and reformative theory of punishment, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case let the applicant Jitendra @Jeetu involved in Case Crime No. 1123 of 2017, under Section 406, 420, 467, 468, 506, 471 and 120B I.P.C., Police Station Sector-49, District Gautam Budh Nagar be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:-
1. The applicant will continue to attend and co-operate in the trial pending before the court concerned on the date fixed after release.
2. He will not tamper with the witnesses.
3. He will not indulge in any illegal activities during the bail period.
It is further directed that the identity, status and residence proof of the sureties be verified by the authorities concerned before they are accepted.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 28.2.2018 Arti Sharma