Court No. - 84
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13938 of 2021 Applicant :- Naem Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Om Narayan Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.
Heard Sri Om Narayan Pandey, learned counsel for applicant and the learned AGA appearing for the State-opposite party.
By means of this application, the applicant, Naem, who is involved in Case Crime No.728 of 2020, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 483, 34 I.P.C. P.S. Roja, District Sahajahanpur, is seeking enlargement on bail during the trial.
Contention of the learned counsel for the applicant is that an FIR was lodged against six persons on 28.12.2021 containing allegations regarding manufacture of spurious cement. He submits that the applicant has been shown to have escaped from the spot and that he has been falsely implicated in the case. It has been pointed out that one of the co-accused Imran Siddiqui who has been assigned a similar role has been enlarged on bail in terms of an order dated 19.03.2021 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.12223 of 2021. Further submission is that the applicant has no prior criminal history and in case he is granted bail, there is little possibility of the applicant misusing the liberty or tampering with the evidence.
Per contra learned AGA has opposed the bail prayer of the applicant by contending that the innocence of the applicant cannot be adjudged at pre-trial stage, therefore, the applicant does not deserve any indulgence.
Having considered the submissions of the parties, without expressing any opinion on the merits, let the applicant Naem involved in the aforesaid case, be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each of like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:
(i) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he 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 his counsel. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against him 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 his 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 him, 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 him in accordance with law.
The applicant shall file computer generated copy of this order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, which shall be self attested by the counsel of the party concerned.
The concerned Court/Authority/Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
It is clarified that the observations made in this order are limited to the purpose of consideration of this bail application and would in no way be construed as an expression on the merits of the case. The trial court shall be free to arrive at its independent conclusions on the basis of evidence led unaffected by any observation made in this order.
Order Date :- 8.4.2021 Shahroz (Dr. Y.K. Srivastava,J.)