Court No. - 72
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 52553 of 2019 Applicant :- Kamal Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Sohan Lal Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Siddharth,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as the learned AGA for the State and perused the material placed on record.
The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant, Kamal, with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No.34 of 2019, under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and 3/4 POCSO Act, Police Station Chandaus, District- Aligarh, during pendency of trial.
Submission is that from the statement of victim under Section 164 Cr.P.C. it appear that she is consenting party and went with the appellant on her free will without raising alarm and making any complaint. The statement of the victim does not corroborates the prosecution case. The age of the victim is 18 years as per medical report. The Apex Court in the case of Rajak Mohd. Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh in Criminal Appeal No.1395 of 2015 vide order dated 23.08.2018 has held that where the prosecutrix lived with the accused and freely moved around with the accused where she came across many people at different points of time but never complained of any criminal act, the conviction of the accused under Section 363, 366, 376 I.P.C was held to be unwarranted in law. The applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. He has no criminal history to his credit and he is languishing in jail since 17.9.2019. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail.
Per contra learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant by contending that the innocence of the applicant cannot be adjudged at pre trial stage, therefore, he does not deserves any indulgence. In case the applicant is released on bail he will again indulge in similar activities and will misuse the liberty of bail.
Having considered the submissions of the parties noted above, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India and the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another, reported in (2018) 3 SCC 22 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, let the applicant involved in the aforesaid crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions that :-
1. The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence by intimidating/ pressurizing the witnesses, during the investigation or trial.
2. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment.
3. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail.
In case, of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted.
Order Date :- 28.11.2019 Ruchi Agrahari