Court No. - 66
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 44659 of 2021 Applicant :- Santosh @ Tanti Opposite Party :- State Of Up Through Principle Secretary (Home) Up At Lucknow Counsel for Applicant :- Mayank Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Syed Aftab Husain Rizvi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material available on record.
This bail application under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the applicant seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No.52 of 2019, under Section 2/3 Gangster Act, Police Station- Pinahat, District- Agra.
Learned counsel for the appellant contended that on the basis of only one case as shown in the gang chart. The accused- appellant has been granted bail in the aforesaid case. Learned counsel for the applicant further submitted that co-accused Rajani @ Rajaniya, Titu @ Raghuveer, Shiv Singh @ Sibba, Virbhan and Udaibhan in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos. 16288 of 2020, 23359 of 2021, 15145 of 2019, 48327 of 2019 and 53125 of 2019 vide orders dated 24.06.2020, 28.07.2021, 02.01.2020, 11.11.2019, 29.11.2019 have been enlarged on bail, copies of the said order is annexed as Annexure No3. Learned counsel for the applicant further submitted that apart from case shown in the gang chart there is no other criminal history of the accused-applicant. The applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The case of the applicant is on the same footing. The applicant who is in jail since 28.04.2019 undertakes that he will not misuse the liberty of bail. It is further submitted that there is also no possibility of applicant either fleeing away from the judicial process or tampering with the witnesses.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but not disputed the aforesaid facts.
Considering the rival contentions of the parties, the material on record, attending circumstances and in the opinion of the Court, a case for bail is made out.
Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant- Santosh @ Tanti involved in Case Crime No.52 of 2019, under Section 2/3 Gangster Act, Police Station- Pinahat, District- Agra, be enlarged on bail on his executing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court, Allahabad.
The concerned Court/Authority/Jail 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.
This bail order would be subject to the fulfillment of following conditions:-
1. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment.
2. The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his counsel.
3. 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 Cr.P.C. If in the opinion of the trial court default of this condition is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the trial court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of his bail and proceed against him in accordance with law.
4. In case the applicant has been enlarged on short term bail as per the order of committee constituted under the orders of Hon'ble Supreme Court his bail shall be effective after the period of short term bail comes to an end.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
Order Date :- 27.10.2021 Krishna* Digitally signed by SYED AFTAB HUSAIN RIZVI Date: 2021.10.28 10:05:37 IST Reason: Document Owner Location: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad