Court No. - 48
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 27848 of 2018 Applicant :- Satya Prakash @ Satya @ Tuntun Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Harish Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Karuna Nand Bajpayee,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. Perused the record.
Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that according to the medical examination, the age of the victim-girl has been found to be about 18 years and was fully grown up major girl at the time of incident and deliberately her age has been shown by her parents on the lower side. Further submission is that in the FIR itself the allegation is that she was enticed away by the applicant and no allegation of coercion has been made against him. Learned counsel for the applicant has drawn the attention of the Court to the statement given by the victim before the Magistrate under Section 164 Cr.P.C, in which she has admitted that she herself had asked the applicant to take her along with him and it was on her asking that he agreed to go along with her. She had gone to Jammu and then contracted the marriage with the applicant. She also admitted to have had physical relationship with the applicant. In fact, according to her version, her father was a drunkard and used to torture her which led the victim to go along with the applicant. Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that in the light of the version given in the statement recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. a prima facie case for bail in favour of the applicant is made out. 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 have 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 and is also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon him. It has also been pointed out that the accused is not having any criminal history and he is in jail since 16.6.2018 and that in the wake of heavy pendency of cases in the Court, there is no likelihood of any early conclusion of trial.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail.
After perusing the record in the light of the submissions made at the bar and after taking an overall view of all the facts and circumstances of this case, the nature of evidence, the period of detention already undergone, the unlikelihood of early conclusion of trial and also the absence of any convincing material to indicate the possibility of tampering with the evidence, this Court is of the view that the applicant may be enlarged on bail.
Let the applicant- Satya Prakash alias Satya alias Tuntun involved in Case Crime No. 31 of 2018, u/ss 363,366, 376 iPC and Section 3/4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 P.S.- Harpur Budhat, District- Gorakhpur be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned on the following conditions :-
(1) The applicant will not make any attempt to tamper with the prosecution evidence in any manner whatsoever.
(2) The applicant will personally appear on each and every date in the court and his personal presence shall not be exempted unless the court itself deems it fit to do so in the interest of justice.
It may be observed that in the event of any breach of the aforesaid conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to proceed for the cancellation of applicant's bail.
It is clarified that the observations, if any, made in this order are strictly confined to the disposal of the bail application and must not be construed to have any reflection on the ultimate merits of the case.
Order Date :- 31.7.2018 CPP/-