Court No. - 67
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32994 of 2019 Applicant :- Sangam Chauhan Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Surendra Mohan Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Sanjay Shukla
Hon'ble Rahul Chaturvedi,J.
Counter affidavit filed by learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the complainant today in the Court is taken on record. Learned counsel for the applicant does not want to file rejoinder affidavit and wants to argue on the merit of the case.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the complainant as well as learned A.G.A.
By means of this application, the applicant who is involved in case crime no.412 of 2018, under Section 363, 366, 376 IPC and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station-Jhangha, District-Gorakhpur is seeking enlargement on bail during the trial.
Submission made by learned counsel for the applicant is that the FIR was lodged by father of the victim against the applicant and two other co-accused persons under Sections 363 and 366 IPC after considerable delay on 24.12.2018. The girl was eventually recovered after one and half months of the incident from the public place. The statement of the victim recorded under Section 161 and 164 Cr.P.C. are self-contradictory. It is difficult to bridge these contradictions. It clearly reflects that 164 Cr.P.C. statement was given by the victim under certain threat and pressure. The victim is aged about 17-18 years. She visited number of places with the applicant i.e. Ludhiana and Gujrat. It cannot be said that the effect of threat would last for such a long period. Her conduct clearly shows that she was in consensual relationship with the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 25.04.2019.
Learned A.G.A opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts and the legal submissions as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail.
Let the applicant-Sangam Chauhan, involved in case crime no.412 of 2018, under Section 363, 366, 376 IPC and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station-Jhangha, District-Gorakhpur be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions which are being imposed in the interest of justice:-
(i) THE APPLICANT SHALL FILE AN UNDERTAKING TO THE EFFECT THAT HE SHALL NOT SEEK ANY ADJOURNMENT ON THE DATE 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 IPC.
(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., MAY BE ISSUED AND IF 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 IPC.
(iv) THE APPLICANT SHALL REMAIN PRESENT, IN PERSON, BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT ON DATES FIXED FOR (1) OPENING OF THE CASE, (2) FRAMING OF CHARGE AND (3) 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.
(v) THE TRIAL COURT MAY MAKE ALL POSSIBLE EFFORTS/ENDEAVOUR AND TRY TO CONCLUDE THE TRIAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE APPLICANT.
However, it is made clear that any wilful violation of above conditions by the applicant, shall have serious repercussion on his bail so granted by this court.
Order Date :- 27.9.2019 Sumit S