Court No. - 68
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33416 of 2021 Applicant :- Ravindra Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Abha Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.
Heard Ms. Abha Gupta, learned counsel for the applicant; learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record of the case.
An exemption application has been filed on behalf of the applicant along with present application for exempting the filing of certified copy of the F.I.R. as it could not be made available to the applicant due to COVID-19.
The exemption application is allowed.
The filing of certified copy of the F.I.R. is hereby exempted The present bail application has been filed on behalf of applicant Ravindra under Section 439 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 163 of 1997 under Section 3(1) of U.P. Gangsters and Anti- Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, registered at Police Station Nawabganj District Kanpur Nagar, during pendency of the trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has surrendered before Police in pursuance of non-bailable warrant and 82 and 83 Cr.P.C., which have been issued by the competent court against the applicant. It is next submitted that the applicant was granted bail by the court below vide order dated 06.02.2017. In gang-chart annexed as Annexure No. 2, four cases have been shown against the applicant, in all the cases applicant has already been acquitted by the trial court and no case is pending against him except the present case. It is further submitted that wife of the applicant has died in Covid- 19 pandemic and no one is there to look her minor daughter due to which he was not appeared before the court below in the present case and not comply with the order dated 06.02.2017 directed by the trial court.
It is further submitted that the applicant is not a member or leader or organizer of a gang and he has not abetted or assisted in the activities of a gang as enumerated in clause (b) of Section 2 of the Act. It is next contended that no other criminal antecedent to his credit. It is next submitted that there is also no possibility of the applicant either fleeing away from the judicial process or tampering with the witnesses. The applicant, who is languishing in jail since 23.03.2021, undertakes that he will not misuse the liberty, if granted. It has also been pointed out that in the wake of heavy pendency of cases in the Court, there is no likelihood of any early conclusion of trial.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and has not pointed out any other criminal case except the aforesaid criminal case.
Upon considering the totality of facts, nature and evidence reflected from record and also taking into consideration the provision of Section 19(4) of the Act and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, I find it to be a fit case for bail. Hence, the present bail application is allowed.
Let applicant, Ravindra be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions-
(i) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat, or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
(ii) The applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses.
(iii) 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 of Cr.P.C.
(iv) 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 the trial court.
(v) The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his counsel.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
It is clarified that anything said in this order is limited to the purpose of determination of this bail application and will in no way be construed as an expression on the merits of the case. The trial court shall be absolutely free to arrive at its independent conclusions on the basis of evidence led unaffected by anything said in this order.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad, self attested by the applicant along-with a self attested identity proof of the said person (preferably Aadhar Card) mentioning the mobile number to which the said Aadhar Card is linked.
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 :- 21.9.2021 Ishan