Court No. - 45
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 36434 of 2018 Applicant :- Mahendra Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Sunil Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Siddharth,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.
It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the co-accused Anil Kumar Mehrotra and Ravindra Saxena have been granted bail by this Court vide orders dated 7.8.2018 and 6.9.2018 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos. 29656 of 2018 & 34019 of 2018 respectively and the case of the applicant stands on identical footing, hence the applicant is also entitled for bail on the ground of parity. The applicant is in jail since 16.4.2018.
Bail orders of aforesaid co-accused have been annexed collectively as annexure-7 at page 35 to 38 of the bail application.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties 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, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant Mahendra Singh involved in Case Crime No.232 of 2018, under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, I.P.C., Police Station Civil Lines, District Moradabad 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 subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified.
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 they are accused, or suspected of the commission of which they are 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 them 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 complainant is free to move an application for cancellation of bail before this court.
Order Date :- 25.9.2018 T. Sinha