Court No. - 23
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8065 of 2018 Applicant :- Sumit Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Ashok Kumar Singh Bais Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Ashok Kumar Singh Bais, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Purushottam Maurya, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
Learned counsel for the applicant in support of his prayer for bail submits that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the informant has also filed in application before the learned District and Sessions Judge, Budaun stating therein that the present first information report has been as the informant has received the entire money paid by him to the accused persons, hence he does not want to proceed against the accused persons. A copy of the application filed by the informant has been annexed as Annexure No. 4 to the affidavit filed in support of bail application. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed forth before the court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused has also been touched upon at length. It has been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required. It has also been submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 12.01.2018. The applicant has no other reported criminal antecedent.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail.
Considering the nature of accusation and the severity of punishment in case of conviction and the nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tempering of the witnesses and prima facie satisfaction of the Court in support of the charge and reformative theory of punishment, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail in this case.
Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case let the applicant Sumit Verma involved in Case Crime No. 733 of 2017, under Section 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., Police Station Kotwali, District Budaun be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:-
1. The applicant will continue to attend and co-operate in the trial pending before the court concerned on the date fixed after release.
2. He will not tamper with the witnesses.
3. He will not indulge in any illegal activities during the bail period.
It is further directed that the identity, status and residence proof of the sureties be verified by the authorities concerned before they are accepted.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 28.2.2018 Arti