Court No. - 71
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32237 of 2021 Applicant :- Naseem @ Chunnu Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Rakesh Pati Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Rakesh Pati Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Sanjay Singh, learned AGA-I, appearing for the State and perused the material brought on record.
It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. It is further submitted that false recovery has been shown, nothing has been recovered from the possession or on the pointing out of the applicant. It is further submitted that there is no evidence to connect the applicant with the present matter. There is no independent witness of the alleged offence/recovery. There is also no compliance of Section 102 Cr.P.C. by the police officer who seized the alleged prohibited material. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed forth before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused has also been touched upon at length. It is further submitted that applicant has no previous criminal history and there is also no possibility of applicant either fleeing away from the judicial process or tampering with the witnesses. Applicant is in jail since 30.06.2021, and undertakes that he will not misuse the liberty, if granted.
Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the prayer.
Courts have taken notice of overcrowding of jails during the current pandemic situation (Ref: Sue, Motu Writ Petition (c) No. 1/2020 , Contagion of Covid 19 Virus in prisons before the Supreme Court of India). These circumstances shall also be factored in while considering bail applications on behalf of accused persons.
Having heard the submissions of learned counsel of both sides, nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge, reformative theory of punishment, and larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh v. State of U.P. and another, reported in (2018) 2 SCC 22 and without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, I find it to be a case of bail.
Let applicant- Naseem alias Chunnu, be released on bail in Case Crime No. 508 of 2021, under Sections 3/5/8 of U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, Police Station- Baradari, district- Bareilly, on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions:-- on his executing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions:-
(i) The applicant will co-operate with the trail and remain present personally on each and every date fixed after release.
(ii) The applicant will not tamper with the prosecution evidence and will not delay the disposal of trial in any manner whatsoever.
(iii) The applicant will not indulge in any unlawful activities.
(iv) The applicant will not misuse the liberty of bail in any manner whatsoever.
The identity, status and residential proof of sureties will be verified by court concerned and in case of breach of any of the conditions mentioned above, court concerned will be at liberty to cancel the bail and send the applicant to prison.
Order Date :- 27.9.2021 ssm