Supplementary affidavit, filed today in Court, is taken on record.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State, Shri Ravi Shukla, learned counsel for the first informant and perused the record.
This bail application has been filed by the applicant seeking bail in Case Crime No. 703 of 2020, under Sections 302, 201 IPC, Police Station Muhammadabad, District Mau, during pendency of trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is wholly innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive.
Learned counsel for the applicant has next submitted that the applicant is not named in the FIR and his name has subsequently surfaced in the second statement of the first informant, in which also, except suspicion, there is no cogent evidence against the applicant. No recovery whatsoever has been made from the possession of the applicant or on his pointing out.
Learned counsel for the applicant has next submitted that post-mortem report shows that cause of death is asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem drowning.
Learned counsel for the applicant has next submitted that the applicant is in jail since 09.10.2020 and has no criminal history to his credit. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate in the trial by all means. There is no chance of applicant fleeing away from judicial process or tampering with the witnesses, as such, he be released on bail.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the first informant has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts and the fact that the applicant is is in jail since 09.10.2020 and has no criminal history to his credit.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of punishment, submissions of counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail.
Let the applicant Nagina Sahni be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:-
1. The applicant shall continue to attend and co-operate in the trial pending before the court concerned on the date fixed after release.
2. The applicant shall not tamper with the witnesses.
3. The applicant shall not indulge in any illegal activities during the bail period.
It is further directed that the identity, status and residence proof of the sureties be verified by the authorities concerned before they are accepted.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the trial court will be at liberty to cancel the bail.
The bail application is accordingly allowed.
Order Date :- 29.1.2021 NA