Court No. - 65
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13170 of 2021 Applicant :- Ram Avatar Rajbhar Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Rajesh Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Umesh Kumar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A and gone through the record.
This bail application has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant- Ram Avatar Rajbhar, who is involved in case crime no. 81 of 2020 under Section 302 I.P.C., Police Station- Atraulia, District- Azamgarh.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the case; that the FIR has been lodged against unknown and the name of the applicant came into light during investigation in the subsequent statement of the informant only on the basis of suspicion; that after arrest of the applicant recovery of rope has been shown, which is false and planted; that it is a case of circumstantial evidence wherein the chain of events are not intact so as to implicate the applicant; that the applicant has no criminal history. It is lastly contended that the accused applicant is languishing in jail since 27.7.2020 and in the wake of heavy pendency of cases in the Court, there is no likelihood of any early conclusion of trial and thus, the applicant is entitled for indulgence.
Learned A.G.A has opposed the prayer for bail.
Keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of punishment, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and without touching the merits of the case, the accused applicant is entitled for bail.
Let the above mentioned applicant 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 with the following conditions that :-
1. The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence, shall cooperate in the investigation or trial and will not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail.
2. In case of breach of any of the conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted.
3. However, if due to Covind-19 pandemic, the Sub-ordinate Court is under lockdown, the applicant shall be enlarged on bail on execution of personal bond without sureties till normal functioning of the courts is restored. The accused will furnish sureties to the satisfaction of the court below within a month after normal functioning of the courts are restored.
4. The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad.
5. 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.
It is made clear that in the event the Sub-ordinate Court is functional as usual then the normal procedure/ mode of filing bail bonds and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned will be adopted.
Order Date :- 8.4.2021 Fhd.