Court No. - 67
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 27602 of 2019 Applicant :- Vakash Khan Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Shabana Nizam Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Rahul Chaturvedi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the material on record.
By means of this application, the applicant who is involved in case crime no. 234 of 2019, under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and Section 5/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Kotwali, District Jaunpur, is seeking enlargement on bail during the trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for the applicant has further submitted that the FIR of this case was lodged by father of the victim, mentioning therein that his minor daughter, aged about 17 years, enticed away by the applicant on 11.04.2019 at about 5.00 a.m. He next submitted that the victim was recovered and her statement under section 164 Cr.P.C. was recorded, in which she has stated that she known to the applicant from the last 4-5 years and her own volition she joined the company of the applicant and fell in love with each other and she lived with the company of the applicant for 25 good days on her own volition and after returned back she was declined to got her medical examination for ascertaining her age. It is next contended that in absence of any medical examination it cannot be said that she was sexually assaulted. He lastly submitted that the applicant is in jail since 20.04.2019, is entitled to be enlarged on bail during the pendency of trial.
Per contra learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail and could not dispute the aforementioned facts.
Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I find it to be a fit case for bail.
In view of the above, let the applicant- Vakash Khan 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 in case crime no. 234 of 2019, under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and Section 5/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Kotwali, District Jaunpur, with the following conditions:-
(i) THE APPLICANT SHALL FILE AN UNDERTAKING TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY SHALL NOT SEEK ANY ADJOURNMENT ON THE DATE 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 THEIR COUNSEL. IN CASE OF THEIR ABSENCE , WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE, THE TRIAL COURT MAY PROCEED AGAINST HIM UNDER SECTION 229-A IPC.
(iii) IN CASE, THE APPLICANT MISUSE THE LIBERTY OF BAIL DURING TRIAL AND IN ORDER TO SECURE HIS PRESENCE PROCLAMATION UNDER SECTION 82 CR.P.C., MAY BE ISSUED AND IF 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 IPC.
(iv) THE APPLICANT SHALL REMAIN PRESENT, IN PERSON, BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT ON DATES FIXED FOR (1) OPENING OF THE CASE, (2) FRAMING OF CHARGE AND (3) RECORDING OF STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 313 CR.P.C. IF IN THE OPINION OF THE TRIAL COURT ABSENCE OF THE APPLICANTS ARE 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.
(v) THE TRIAL COURT MAY MAKE ALL POSSIBLE EFFORTS/ENDEAVOUR AND TRY TO CONCLUDE THE TRIAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE APPLICANTS.
However, it is made clear that any violation of above conditions by the applicant, shall have serious repercussion on his/her bail so granted by this court and the trial court is at a liberty to cancel the bail, after recording the reasons for doing so, in the given case of any of the condition mentioned above.
Order Date :- 26.7.2019/v.k.updh.