Court No. - 59
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35655 of 2018 Applicant :- Smt. Mayadevi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Ronak Chaturvedi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Gauri Shanker Mishra
Hon'ble Suneet Kumar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. appearing for the State and perused the record.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is a 68 years old lady; role assigned to the applicant is of mere presence on the spot of the incident; role has been assigned to co-accused Boby @ Vivek of having caused gun shot injury to the deceased; postmortem report supports the prosecution version of causing injury by gun shot; there is no other evidence agianst the applicant; it is urged that the applicant has been falsely implicated, applicant having no other reported criminal antecedent is languishing in jail since 12.7.2018 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.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and considering the nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering of the witnesses and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case.
Let the applicant-Smt. Mayadevi involved in Case Crime No. 172 of 2018, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 302 I.P.C., Police Station Surir, District Mathura be released on bail on her furnishing a personal bond of Rs. One lac with two sureties (one should be of her family members) each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:-
(i) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that she shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in court. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law.
(ii) The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through her counsel. In case of her absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against her under Section 229-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iii) In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure her presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court shall initiate proceedings against her, in accordance with law, under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iv) The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. If in the opinion of the trial court absence of the applicant is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the trial court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of bail and proceed against her, in accordance with law.
Order Date :- 24.9.2018 S.Prakash