Court No. - 44
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2682 of 2019 Applicant :- Rakshpal Lodhi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Vinod Kumar Srivastava,Arjit Srivastava,Usha Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Arvind Kumar Mishra-I,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA 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. The applicant is not named in the first information report. Applicant has no role to play in the commission of the offence. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the applicant and there is no independent public witness to the fact of alleged recovery. In case, the applicant is admitted to bail, there is no possibility of his absconding or misusing the liberty of bail. The applicant is languishing in jail since 23.1.2018.
Learned AGA has opposed prayer for bail. However, he has not disputed the aforesaid facts.
Without entering into merit 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 - Rakshpal Lodhi involved in Case No. 639 of 2018, Case Crime No. 706 of 2017, under Sections - 457, 380, 411 I.P.C., Police Station - Kayamganj, District - Farrukhabad 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.
Order Date :- 21.1.2019 S Rawat