Court No. - 69
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2957 of 2019 Applicant :- Smt. Pushpa Devi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Anil Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Anil Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Smt. Poonam Singh Sengar, learned A.G.A.-I appearing for the State.
It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is a lady and she has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. It is next contended that there is nothing on record to connect him with the complicity of the alleged offence. 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 3.1.2019. It has been pointed out that the applicant has no criminal history.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail.
Having heard the submissions of learned counsel of both sides, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India and the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh v. State of U.P. and another, reported in (2018) 3 SCC 22 and without expressing any view on the merit of the case, I find it to be a case of bail.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case let the applicant Smt. Pushpa Devi involved in Case Crime No.12 of 2018, under Sections 3/7 Essential Commodities Act, Police Station Sehra Mau South, District Shahjahanpur be released on bail on her 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. She will not tamper with the witnesses.
3. She will not indulge in any illegal activities during the bail period.
4. The applicant will deposit Rs.25,000/- in the office of District Supply Officer, Shahjahanpur within a period of 15 days from her release. The amount so deposited will be refunded if the applicant is absolved of the charges.
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 :- 22.1.2019 Dev/-