Court No. - 44
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8116 of 2019 Applicant :- Shakeel Ahmad Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Surendra Nath Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Arvind Kumar Mishra-I,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA for the State of U.P and perused the material available on record.
Contention raised on behalf of the applicant has been confined to the extent that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The applicant is not named in the first information report. No offence has been committed by the applicant. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. The police has planted false recovery against the applicant. There is no independent public eye witness to the incident. In case, the applicant is admitted to bail, there is no possibility of his absconding or misusing the liberty of bail. The applicant has no criminal history and is languishing in jail since 17.1.2019.
Learned AGA has opposed prayer for bail. However, he has not disputed the aforesaid facts.
Without entering into merit of the case but considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with witness or apprehension of threat to the complainant and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail.
Accordingly, bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant - Shakeel Ahmad involved in Case Crime No. 48 of 2019, under Sections - 387 I.P.C. and 66-A Information Technology Act, Police Station - Civil Lines, District - Rampur be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
Order Date :- 25.2.2019 S Rawat