Court No. - 54
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 39721 of 2018 Applicant :- Smt. Shila Devi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ajay Sengar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajeev Misra,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.
By means of this application, the applicant who is involved in case crime no. 238 of 2018, under Sections 498A, 304B Indian Penal Code, 1860 and 3/4 D.P. Act, 1961, P.S. Kotwali Jalaun, District- Jalaun is seeking enlargement on bail during trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is the 'Chechera Jeth' of the deceased and could not be considered as beneficiary of the alleged additional dowry. There are as many as five accused persons who have been attributed with the general role of committing the offence. It is further submitted that the deceased died on account of hanging. The postmortem report shows that there is no other injury except the legature mark over the person of the deceased. It is also submitted that there is no dying declaration or any suicide note left by her. It is next submitted that the applicant is in jail since 18.08.2018 having no criminal antecedents except the present one.
It is further submitted that the co-accused Ravi who is the brother-in-law of the deceased has already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 18.09.2018. The case of the present applicant is similar and identical to that of the co-accused Ravi. As such the present applicant is also liable to be released 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, Smt. Shila Devi, be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number 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.
Order Date :- 12.10.2018 Rahul.