Court No. - 66
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 39719 of 2021 Applicant :- Sajid Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Anuj Bajpai Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J.
Heard Shri Anuj Bajpai, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Indra Prakash Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State.
A first information report was lodged as Case Crime No.0369 of 2021 at Police Station- Madnapur, District-Shahjahanpur under Sections 3/5/8 of the Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11 Animal Cruelty Act.
The bail application of the applicant was rejected by learned Additional Sessions Judge,Shahjahanpur on 02.08.2021.
The applicant is in jail since 07.07.2021, pursuant to the said F.I.R.
Shri Anuj Bajpai, learned counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case. 20 kg cow meat, weight instrument and small items were planted on the persons of the applicant to frame him in the instant case and to show proficiency of police investigators. There is no independent witness or public witness to the alleged recovery. There is no forensic science laboratory report to confirm that the recovered meat is prohibited cow meat. The applicant does not have criminal history prior to this case. Lastly it is contended by the learned counsel for applicant that the applicant shall not abscond and will fully cooperate in the criminal law proceedings. The applicant shall not tamper with the evidence nor influence the witnesses in any manner.
Learned A.G.A could not satisfactorily dispute the aforesaid submissions from the record. However, he does not contest the criminal history of the applicant as disclosed in the bail application.
Courts have taken notice of the overcrowding of jails during the current pandemic situation (Ref.: Suo Motu Writ Petition (c) No. 1/2020, Contagion of COVID 19 Virus in prisons before the Supreme Court of India). These circumstances shall also be factored in while considering bail applications on behalf of accused persons.
I see merit in the submissions of the learned counsel for the applicant and hold that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail.
In the light of the preceding discussion and without making any observations on the merits of the case, the bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant-Sajid involved in Case Crime No.369 of 2021 at Police Station-Madnapur, District-Shahjahanpur under Sections 3/5/8 of the Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11 of Animal Cruelty Act, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions.
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial.
2. The applicant will not influence any witness.
3. The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted.
4. 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 to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court.
Order Date :- 17.12.2021 Nadeem