Court No. - 45
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35673 of 2018 Applicant :- Sunil Kumar Saroj Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Virendra Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Siddharth,J.
Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.
The argument is that the applicant is not named in the first information report. His name has surfaced in the statement of the co-accused and on the basis of such statement he has been implicated and arrested. The applicant had no prior criminal history and is in jail since 01.08.2018.
On the other hand learned AGA has opposed the prayer for bail.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India and the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another reported in (2018)3 SCC 22 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant Sunil Kumar Saroj involved in Case Crime No.568 of 2018, under Sections 379, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 411 IPC, Police Station Gulariha, District- Gorakhpur be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified.
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial.
2. The applicant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness.
3. The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted.
4. The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which they are accused, or suspected of the commission of which they are suspected.
5. The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the complainant is free to move an application for cancellation of bail before this court.
Order Date :- 20.9.2018 SS