Court No. - 60
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 48420 of 2018 Applicant :- Sonoo Pal Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Ram Janam Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Arvind Kumar Mishra-I,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. 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. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from possession of the applicant. Factum of recovery is denied. Offence alleged is triable by the Magistrate Ist Class. Similarly circumstanced co-accused Atar Singh has already been admitted to bail by this Court vide order dated 24.08.2018 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.32300 of 2018, copy whereof has been annexed vide annexure no.3 to the affidavit filed in support of this bail application. The applicant is languishing in jail since 17.07.2018.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed prayer for bail. However, learned A.G.A. has not disputed the aforesaid facts.
Without expressing any opinion on merits 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 Sonoo Pal involved in Case Crime No.498 of 2018, under Sections 379, 411 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali, District Fatehpur 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 :- 18.12.2018 rkg