Court No. - 23
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7478 of 2018 Applicant :- Nau Alias Shahnawaj Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Akhilesh Srivastava,Saksham Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Purushottam Maurya, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the co-accused Farman has been granted bail by another Bench of this Court on 12.7.2017 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.20784 of 2017, a copy of said order has been annexed as annexure-2 to the affidavit accompanying this bail application 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 18.6.2017.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail, but could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant.
Considering the nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tempering of the witnesses and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge and reformative theory of punishment, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case let the applicant Nau Alias Shahnawaj involved in Case Crime No.348 of 2017, under Sections 392, 411 I.P.C., Police Station Banna Devi, District Aligarh be released on bail on his furnishing personal bonds with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:-
(i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial.
(ii) The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witness.
(iii) The applicant will appear before the trial Court on the date fixed.
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 court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 26.2.2018 Dev/-