Court No. - 66
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 39875 of 2019 Applicant :- Smt Kanti Alias Shanti Chhapariya And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Prabha Shanker Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajul Bhargava,J.
Sri Om Prakash Yadav, Advocate has filed vakalatnama on behalf of the first informant, which is taken on record.
Heard Sri Prabha Shanker Pandey, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri O.P. Yadav, learned counsel for the informant as well as learned A.G.A. appearing for the State and perused the averments made in the first information report and rejection order.
It has been contended by learned counsel for the applicants that the applicant nos. 1 & 2 are aunt and uncle-in-law and applicant nos. 3 & 4 are mother-in-law and father-in-law of the first informant. The entire family members have been falsely implicated with patently false allegation of making illegal demand of dowry. The husband of the first informant is not in the present application. The matter needs deeper and fairer investigation before any arrest should be given effect to. The applicants have no other reported criminal antecedents, therefore, the applicants may be enlarged on anticipatory bail.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the informant have strongly opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the applicants have also actively participated in making illegal demand of dowry and treating the first informant cruelly.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, considering the nature of accusation and the facts and circumstances of the case, the applicants are entitled to be released on anticipatory bail in this case.
In the event of arrest of the applicants- Smt. Kanti Alias Shanti Chhapariya, Balram Chhapariya, Smt. Bharti Devi and Balkishan Chhapariya involved in Case Crime No. 281 of 2019, under Sections 323, 498-A, 506 I.P.C. and 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station- Prem Nagar, District- Jhansi, they shall be released on anticipatory bail till the submission of police report, if any, under section 173 (2) Cr.P.C. before the competent Court on each of them furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 25,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the police station concerned with the following conditions:-
(i) the applicants shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required;
(ii) the applicants shall not directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer;
(iii) the applicants shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court and if they have passport the same shall be deposited by them before the S.S.P./S.P. concerned.
In default of any of the conditions, the Investigating Officer is at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the applicants.
The Investigating Officer is directed to conclude the investigation of the present case in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order independently without being prejudice by any observation made by this Court while considering and deciding the present anticipatory bail application of the applicants.
The applicants are directed to produce a certified copy of this order before the S.S.P./S.P. concerned within ten days from today, who shall ensure the compliance of present order.
The present Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application is, accordingly, allowed.
Order Date :- 26.9.2019 Vikas