Court No. - 51
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 49451 of 2020 Applicant :- Lalu @ Rafeek Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Dharmaveer Singh,Akhilesh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Om Prakash-VII,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that identically placed co-accused Afsar Ali has been granted bail by another Bench of this Court on 28.07.2021 vide Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 48281 of 2020. He further submits that the role of the applicant is not distinguishable with the role of co-accused, therefore, the applicant is also entitled for bail on the ground of parity. It is next submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He is languishing in jail since 08.09.2020 and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in trial.
On the other hand, learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, the fact that the identically placed co-accused has already been released on bail by this Court and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant Lalu @ Rafeek involved in Case Crime No. 724 of 2020, under Section 363, 504, 507, 376-D IPC, Section 67-A of I.T. Act, Section 3 (2) (V) of SC/ST Act and Section 5/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Belghat, District Gorakhpur be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two heavy sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions:
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial.
2. The applicant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness.
3. The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted.
4. The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected.
5. The applicant 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 or tamper with the evidence.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court.
The party shall file self attested computer generated copy of this order downloaded from the official website of High Court, Allahabad. The concerned court/authority/official shall verify the authenticity of such computerised copy of the order from the official website of High Court, Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
Order Date :- 29.7.2021 Sachdeva