Court No. - 22
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12986 of 2018 Applicant :- Praveen Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Anurag Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Akash Mishra
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Anurag Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Akash Mishra, learned counselfor the complainant and Sri Saral Singh, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. It is next contended that neither the applicant has attached upon the injured Mukesh Babu nor he is involved in the present case but due to old enmity regarding pradhani election the informant illegally lodged the present first information report against the applicant showing a manipulated injury only for harassment and no offence under Section 307 I.P.C. is made out against the applicant, the said fact has been mentioned in para 12 of the affidavit accompanying this bail application. 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 has been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required. It has also been submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 23.2.2018 It has been pointed out that the applicant has no criminal history.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail.
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 Praveen Kumar involved in Case Crime No.05 of 2018 under Sections 307, 324, 452, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Pachhayagaon, District Etawah be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions.
1. The applicant will continue to attend and co-operate in the trial pending before the court concerned on the date fixed after release.
2. He will not tamper with the witnesses.
3. He will 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.
Order Date :- 29.5.2018 Dev/-