Court No. - 79
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 29863 of 2021 Applicant :- Raj Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P Counsel for Applicant :- Narendra Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajiv Joshi,J.
Heard Sri Narendra Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant seeking bail in Case Crime No.746 of 2018, under Sections 406, 420 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali Fatehgarh, District Farrukhabad during the pendency of trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to some ulterior motive, the F.I.R. was lodged against 14 persons for the incident occurred in the year 2015 in which the applicant was not named and after six years his name was surfaced on the basis of statement of co-accused, Meenakshi Kapoor in which she stated that she deposited the amount of Rs.23,000/- in the account of the applicant. It is further submitted by learned Counsel for the applicant that the account in which the amount is alleged to have been deposited by the co-accused amounting to Rs.23,000/- is not the personal account of the applicant and in fact it is the account of M/s Agon Capital Company and the applicant has no concern with the company. It is next submitted that the investigation has been completed and the charge sheet has been filed, the offence is triable by Magistrate. Lastly it is contended that the applicant is in jail since 22.02.2020 and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in trial.
Learned AGA has opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts as argued by learned counsel for the applicant.
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 the applicant, Raj Kumar, who is involved in aforesaid crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified.
1. The applicant will attend and co-operate the trial proceedings 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.
The identity, status and residential proof of sureties will be verified by the court concerned and in case of breach of any of the above conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail and send the applicant to prison.
It is clarified that the observations, if any, made in this order are strictly confined to the disposal of this bail application and must not be construed to have any reflection on the ultimate merits of the case.
In case of breach of of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad.
The computer generated copy of such order shall be self attested by the counsel of the party concerned.
The concerned Court/Authority/Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
Order Date :- 12.8.2021 S.P.
Digitally signed by Justice Rajiv Joshi Date: 2021.08.13 18:08:27 IST Reason: Document Owner Location: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad