Court No. - 23
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7892 of 2018 Applicant :- Vasudeo And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Chandra Prakash Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Chandra Prakash Pandey, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Purushottam Maurya, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
Learned counsel for the applicants in support of his prayer for bail submits that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive and have committed no offence. It is next contended that the co- accused have already been enlarged on bail by this Court and another Bench of this Court on 12.8.2014, 15.6.2017, 4.7.2017, 12.10.2017, 3.5.2017, 12.10.2017, 6.2.2018, 15.2.2018 passed in Application under Section 482 No. 31206 of 2014, Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 11302 of 2017, Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 12004 of 2017, Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 37902 of 2017, Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 7237 of 2017, Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 37899 of 2017, Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 4369 of 2018 and Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 5552 of 2018, respectively and the case of the applicants are stand on identical footing. It is also contended that it is a civil dispute. 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 applicants are languishing in jail since 15.6.2017. It has been pointed out that the applicant has no previous criminal history.
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 applicants Vasudeo and Raghunath involved in Case Crime No. 891 of 2017, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B/34 I.P.C., Police Station Tirwa , District Kannauj 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 trial court will be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 27.2.2018 Ravi Prakash