Court No. - 76
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15287 of 2019 Applicant :- Sonu And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Hitesh Pachori Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Krishna Pratap Singh,J.
Heard Mr. Ashutosh Pandey, holding brief of Mr. Hitesh Pachori, learned counsel for the applicants, Mr. Ram Awadh Maurya, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State and perused the material placed on record.
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicants that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case with some ulterior motive. It is further contended by the learned counsel for the applicants that according to gang chart, six cases have been registered against each of the applicants, in which the applicants have been enlarged on bail. It has also been submitted that there is nothing on record to show that applicants have gained any undue temporal pecuniary material or any other advantage for themselves or any other person by gangster and anti social activities acts. It is next submitted that there is no report of District Magistrate/Special Court on record regarding acquisition of any movable or immovable property by the applicants. Learned counsel for the applicants argued that the provisions of the Act has been used against the applicants like a weapon to harass and intimidate the innocent applicants. It is next contended that there are no chances of the applicants of fleeing away from the judicial process or tampering with the prosecution evidence. It is lastly contended by the learned counsel for the applicants that the applicants are in jail since 12.06.2018 and they are not previous convict. In case they are enlarged on bail, they will not misuse the liberty of bail.
Per contra learned AGA has opposed the bail prayer of the applicants by contending that the applicants are members of gang and habitual of committing crime. In case, the applicants are released on bail, they will indulge in similar anti-social activities and will misuse the liberty of bail by extending threat and intimidation to the prosecution witnesses.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also perusing the material on record, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, let the applicants Sonu and Sanjay Singh, involved in case crime No. 310 of 2018, under section 2/3 of UP Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, police station G.R.P. Agra Cantt., district Agra, be released on bail on their furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned on the following conditions that:-
1. The applicants shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence by intimidating/pressurizing the witnesses, during the investigation or trial.
2. The applicants shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court and cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment.
3. The applicants shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail.
However, in the event of any breach of the aforesaid conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to proceed for cancellation of bail of the applicants.
It is clarified that the observations, if any, made in this order are strictly confined to the disposal of the bail application and must not be construed to have any reflection on the ultimate merits of the case.
Order Date :- 30.5.2019 Sazia