Court No. - 48
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15300 of 2017 Applicant :- Lalla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Ravindar Kumar Jaiswal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Karuna Nand Bajpayee,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. Perused the record.
This third bail application has been filed seeking the release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 595 of 2012, u/ss 147,148,149, 302,34 IPC and Section 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act, Police Station- Kisni, District- Mainpuri. First bail application was rejected by another Bench on 23.7.2014 on merits, while the second bail application was rejected by this Court on 28.9.2016 for non-prosecution.
Submission of counsel for the applicant is that the trial has already commenced and two witnesses examined in the court have not supported the prosecution case and they have already declared hostile and, therefore, the applicant may be enlarged on bail.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that it is demonstrably clear that attempt is being made on the part of the accused side to placate the witnesses and tamper with prosecution evidence as a result of which the witnesses have turned hostile. Submission is that if the accused shall be released on bail even the remaining chances of a fair trial shall be lost beyond redemption and as the trial is already in progress, any order by this Court after considering the details of the merits of the case is fraught with the risk to cause serious prejudice to the trial.
I have considered the submissions raised at the bar and perused the record in the light of the same.
Perusal of earlier bail rejection order shows that the merits of the case have already been gone into by the Court and it was not found fit to release the applicant on bail. The trial is already progressing and witnesses are being examined, this Court does not deem it fit to enter into the details of the factual merits of the case and pass any speaking order on that basis on the point of bail. The matter is within the realm of the trial court now and the accused should get the final verdict with regard to his innocence or guilt from the trial court itself on the basis of thorough appreciation of evidence produced in the trial. This Court, therefore, abstains to pass order on the point of bail at this stage of the trial, lest it might cause prejudice to either side or impair the prospects of an impartial dispassionate verdict by the trial court. Suffice it to say that the case diary and other record disclose enough material to make out prima facie case against the accused and there is enough material to substantiate the charge.
The third bail application, therefore, stands rejected.
It is clarified that the observations, if any, made in this order are strictly confined to the disposal of the bail application and must not be construed to have any reflection on the ultimate merits of the case.
However, it is expected that the trial court shall make all sincere endeavours to expedite the proceedings of the trial and conclude the same as expeditiously as possible without granting unnecessary adjournment to either party.
Order Date :- 27.4.2018 CPP/-