Heard learned counsel for the applicant and Ram Asarey Verma, learned counsel for the complainant and Sri Alok Saran, learned AGA, appearing for the State and perused the material brought on record.
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 alleged incident is said to have taken place on 18.12.2014 and FIR of the alleged incident was lodged on 9.1.2020 for which no plausible explanation has been given by the prosecution which itself falsify the prosecution story. 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 28.1.2020. It has been pointed out that the applicant has no criminal history.
Learned complainant as well as learned A.G.A. have vehemently opposed the prayer.
Having heard the submissions of learned counsel of both sides, nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge, reformative theory of punishment, and larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh v. State of U.P. and another, reported in (2018) 2 SCC 22 and without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, I find it to be a case of bail.
Let applicant- Sarvesh Kumar Godia, be released on bail in Case Crime No.30 of 2020, under Sections- 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, Police Station- Kotwali Lakhimpur, District- Kheri, on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:-
1. The applicant will attend and co-operate the trial proceedings pending before the court concerned on the date fixed after release.
2. The applicant shall deposit the half of the amount in question, before the concerned Court below in the form Fixed Deposit Receipt or as the case may be, in the court concerned (payable in court's name), to be invested in a nationalized bank and ultimately paid to the person concerned occasioned to wrongful loss on the satisfaction of court concerned within a period of three months from the date of release.
3. He will not tamper with the witnesses.
4. He will not indulge in any illegal activities during the bail period.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
It is clarified that the observations, if any, made in this order are strictly confined to the disposal of this bail application and must not be construed to have any reflection on the ultimate merits of the case.
The trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the present case and conclude the same expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment.
Order Date :- 13.1.2021 Dev Prakash.