Court No. - 71
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 30041 of 2021 Applicant :- Sonu Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Sanjay Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sanjay Singh, learned A.G.A.-, appearing for the State.
It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is a labour and having no knowledge about the date of his case he could not appear before the court below on the dates fixed. It has further been stated that due to non appearance, non bailable warrant was issued against the applicant and in pursuance of the same, he was arrested and sent to jail. The trial is under progress and applicant undertakes to appear before the trial court on each and every date fixed by the trial court. The applicant has no other reported criminal antecedent. The applicant is in jail since 01.01.2021.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I find it to be a case of bail.
Let applicant- Sonu, involved in Case Crime No. 333 of 2008, under Section- 323, 324, 452, 504, 307 IPC, Police Station- Jahangirabad, District- Bulandshahr, be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each of Rupees One Lakh (one should be of a family member) before the court concerned with the following conditions:-
(i) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates 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 counsel. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against him under Section 229-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iii) In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure his presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court shall initiate proceedings against him, in accordance with law, under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code.
(iv) The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) 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 him in accordance with law.
The trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the present case and conclude the same expeditiously preferably within a period of one year, if there is no legal impediment, from the date of production of a computer generated copy of this order.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad.
The computer generated copy of such order shall be self attested by the counsel of the party concerned.
The concerned Court/Authority/Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
Order Date :- 6.10.2021 ssm