Court No. - 66
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8032 of 2019 Applicant :- Shubham Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Suresh Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.
This bail application has been filed by the applicant Shubham Singh seeking bail in Case Crime No. 548 of 2018, under Sections 363, 366 IPC and Sections 16/17 of POCSO Act, Police Station Shahpur, District Gorakhpur.
Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is wholly innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive.
Learned counsel for the applicant has next submitted that as per the Ossification Test, the victim is aged about 18 years and is a major.
Learned counsel for the applicant has next drawn the attention of the Court towards the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 CrPC, in which, she has stated that about three months back, she had eloped with the applicant Shubham and her parents had beaten her and threatened her. She has further stated that the applicant Shubham used to console her and she had fallen in love with him and on 12.09.2018, she had solemnized marriage with the applicant Shubham at Gorakhnath Temple and used to live in a rented room, she has neither been enticed away or forcibly taken away.
Learned counsel for the applicant has next submitted that from the perusal of the aforesaid statement, it is evident that the applicant has not enticed away or forcibly taken away the victim and the victim has already married the applicant, as such, prima facie, a case for bail is made out.
Learned counsel for the applicant has next submitted that the applicant has no criminal history to his credit and he is in jail since 28.09.2018 and in case, he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial by all means. Lastly, it is submitted that there is no chance of applicant fleeing away from judicial process or tampering with the witnesses.
Per contra, learned AGA for the State has opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts and the fact that the applicant has no criminal history to his credit and he is in jail since 28.09.2018.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of punishment, 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 case for bail.
Let the applicant Shubham Singh be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions :-
(i) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity.
(ii) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence.
(iii) The applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses.
(iv) The applicant shall regularly appear on the dates fixed by the trial court unless his personal attendance is exempted by the trial court.
In case of default of any of the conditions enumerated above, it will be open to the opposite parties to approach the Court for cancellation of bail.
Order Date :- 25.2.2019 Nadim