Court No. - 54
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 41595 of 2018 Applicant :- Shakuntala Devi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Chandra Prakash Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajeev Misra,J.
Heard Mr. Chandra Prakash Mishra, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A for the State.
Perused the record.
The present application for bail has been filed by the applicant-Shakuntala Devi seeking her enlargement on bail in Case Crime no.374 of 2018, under Sections 498A, 304B, 201, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S. Shivpur, District-Varanasi during the pendency of the trial in the above mentioned case crime number.
Learned counsel for the applicant in support of this application for bail submits that the applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated. The FIR was lodged by the mother of the deceased against the applicant and three other co-accused persons. The applicant is mother-in-law of the deceased. It is further submitted that statement of the mother of the deceased was recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. which is annexed as Annexure-1 to the supplementary affidavit showing there in that on the earlier occasion, the deceased got married with one Chandan but since she was having certain tender relationship with the son of the applicant from her pre-marital stage, she left the company of her erstwhile husband and got married with Pappu Gaur s/o applicant and out of their wedlock, one son was born who died in unfortunate circumstances. When the deceased became pregnant, she was suffering from Hepatitis (Jaundice), eventually she died. The further contention is that the applicant resides separately at Sarangpur, Varanasi. In the FIR, allegation of an unspecified amount of dowry demand has been raised implicating all the family members. The case of the applicant is clearly distinguishable from the husband. The applicant is in jail since 18.06.2018 having no criminal antecedents except the present one.It is further submitted that the father-in-law of the deceased has already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 18th September, 2018 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 34523 of 2018. The case of the present applicant is similar and identical to that of the co-accused i.e. the father-in-law of the deceased. As such, the applicant is liable to be enlarged on bail.
Learned A.G.A opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts and the legal submissions as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant has made out a fit case for bail.
Let the applicant-Shakuntala Devi in Case Crime no.374 of 2018, under Sections 498A, 304B, 201, 506 IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S. Shivpur, District-Varanasi, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions which are being imposed in the interest of justice:-
(i) THE APPLICANT SHALL FILE AN UNDERTAKING TO THE EFFECT THAT HE/SHE SHALL NOT SEEK ANY ADJOURNMENT ON THE DATE FIXED FOR EVIDENCE WHEN THE WITNESSES ARE PRESENT IN COURT. IN CASE OF DEFAULT OF THIS CONDITION, IT SHALL BE OPEN FOR THE TRIAL COURT TO TREAT IT AS ABUSE OF LIBERTY OF BAIL AND PASS ORDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.
(ii) THE APPLICANT SHALL REMAIN PRESENT BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT ON EACH DATE FIXED, EITHER PERSONALLY OR THROUGH HIS/HER COUNSEL. IN CASE OF HIS/HER ABSENCE, WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE, THE TRIAL COURT MAY PROCEED AGAINST HIM/HER UNDER SECTION 229-A IPC.
(iii) IN CASE, THE APPLICANT MISUSES THE LIBERTY OF BAIL DURING TRIAL AND IN ORDER TO SECURE HIS/HER PRESENCE PROCLAMATION UNDER SECTION 82 CR.P.C., MAY BE ISSUED AND IF APPLICANT FAILS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COURT ON THE DATE FIXED IN SUCH PROCLAMATION, THEN, THE TRIAL COURT SHALL INITIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM/HER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, UNDER SECTION 174-A IPC.
(iv) THE APPLICANT SHALL REMAIN PRESENT, IN PERSON, BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT ON DATES FIXED FOR (1) OPENING OF THE CASE, (2) FRAMING OF CHARGE AND (3) RECORDING OF STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 313 CR.P.C. IF IN THE OPINION OF THE TRIAL COURT ABSENCE OF THE APPLICANT IS DELIBERATE OR WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE, THEN IT SHALL BE OPEN FOR THE TRIAL COURT TO TREAT SUCH DEFAULT AS ABUSE OF LIBERTY OF BAIL AND PROCEED AGAINST THE HIM/HER IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.
(v) THE TRIAL COURT MAY MAKE ALL POSSIBLE EFFORTS/ENDEAVOUR AND TRY TO CONCLUDE THE TRIAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE APPLICANT.
However, it is made clear that any wilful violation of above conditions by the applicant, shall have serious repercussion on his/her bail so granted by this court and the trial court is at liberty to cancel the bail, after recording the reasons for doing so, in the given case of any of the condition mentioned above.
(Rajeev Misra, J.) Order Date :- 30.10.2018 Sushil/-