Court No. - 60
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 48728 of 2018 Applicant :- Raj Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Brijes Kumar Singh,Suresh Chandra Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Arvind Kumar Mishra-I,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P and perused the material available on record.
Contention raised on behalf of the applicant has been confined to the extent that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. No specific role has been assigned to the applicant in commission of the offence. Similarly circumstanced co-accused Monu has already been admitted to bail by this Court vide order dated 26.09.2018 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.36774 of 2018, copy of bail order has been annexued vide annexure no.3 to the affidavit filed in support of this bail application. Offence alleged is triable by the Magistrate Ist Class. In case the applicant is admitted to bail, there is no possibility of absconding or misusing the liberty of bail. The applicant does not bear any criminal history and is languishing in jail since 10.08.2018.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed prayer for bail. However, learned A.G.A. has not disputed the aforesaid facts.
Without expressing any opinion on merits of the case but considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with witness or apprehension of threat to the complainant and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant Raj Kumar involved in Case Crime No.75 of 2018, under Sections 418, 420 I.P.C., Police Station Bargarh, District Chitrakoot be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing 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 pressurise/intimidate the prosecution witness.
(iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 19.12.2018 rkg