Court No. - 23
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6963 of 2018 Applicant :- Santosh Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Dharm Jeet Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Dharm Jeet Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Ravi Singh Parihar, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. It is next contended that the applicant is doing labour work and the police of police station has taken labour work from the applicant and when the applicant has demanded his remuneration then he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the co-accused namely Pradeep Kumar Bharti has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 25.1.2018 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.2767 of 2018, a copy of said order has been annexed as annexure-2 to the affidavit accompanying this bail application. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed forth before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused has also been touched upon at length. It has been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required. It has also been submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 27.10.2017. It has been pointed out that the applicant has no criminal history.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail.
Considering the nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tempering of the witnesses and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge and reformative theory of punishment the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case let the applicant Santosh Kumar involved in Case Crime No.594 of 2017, under Sections 411, 413, 414, 419, 420, 467, 468 I.P.C. & 41, 102 Cr.P.C., Police Station Gadwar, District Ballia be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions.
1. The applicant will continue to attend and co-operate in the trial pending before the court concerned on the date fixed after release.
2. He will not tamper with the witnesses.
3. He will not indulge in any illegal activities during the bail period.
It is further directed that the identity, status and residence proof of the sureties be verified by the authorities concerned before they are accepted.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the trial court will be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 22.2.2018 Dev/-