Court No. - 1
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 27651 of 2016 Applicant :- Rajnish Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Satya Prakash Singh,Bajrang Bahadur Singh,Ravindra Kumar,Rinki Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J.
Heard Sri Raj Kumar Singh, Advocate, holding brief of Sri Ravindra Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. appearing for the State and perused the record.
It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the victim is major girl as per the medical report and also there appears to be no cogent evidence that the applicant has committed rape on the victim. It has been next submitted that as per the statement of the victim under Section 164 Cr.P.C. the allegation of rape is levelled against co-accused Praveen. The applicant is in jail since 29.6.2016.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and 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, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case.
Let the applicant Rajnish involved in Case Crime No.259 of 2015, under Sections 376, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 POCSO Act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012), Police Station Bhognipur, District Kanpur Dehat 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.
(i) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in court. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law.
(ii) The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his counsel. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against him under Section 229-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iii) In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure his presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court shall initiate proceedings against him, in accordance with law, under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iv) The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. If in the opinion of the trial court absence of the applicant is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the trial court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of bail and proceed against him in accordance with law.
The case of the applicant is distinguishable from the case of the co-accused Praveen.
Order Date :- 23.2.2018 Deepika