Court No. - 42
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 41322 of 2018 Applicant :- Suresh Chandra Asthana Alias Pankaj Asthana Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay 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.
Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submitted that the applicant is not named in the first information report. His name surfaced only in the confessional statement of another co-accused-Gulab Chandra Yadav. Nothing incriminating infact has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 18.11.2017.
Learned AGA has opposed prayer for bail. However, learned AGA 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 Suresh Chandra Asthana Alias Pankaj Asthana involved in Case Crime No.1900 of 2017, under Sections 420, 468, 471 I.P.C., Police Station Line Bazar, District Jaunpur 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 :- 29.10.2018 S Rawat