Court No. - 70
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 20807 of 2021 Applicant :- Yogendra Tripathi Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Pankaj Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Sunil Kumar
Hon'ble Neeraj Tiwari,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the material placed on record.
Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He next submitted that applicant is teacher by profession and not named in the FIR. His name was surfaced in the confessional statement of co-accused Neeraj Srivastava, who has been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 19.7.2021 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 22764 of 2021. Apart from that other co-accused, namely, Ratnesh Kumar Singh, Ashish Kumar Verma & Ajay Kumar Gautam, having an identical role have been enlarged on bail by this Court vide orders dated 23.6.2021, 26.5.2021 & 19.5.2021 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos. 21715 of 2021, 21491 of 2021 & 19848 of 2021 respectively. The case of applicant stands on similar footing, hence the applicant is also entitled for bail on the ground of parity. The applicant is languishing in jail since 24.3.2021 and he has no criminal history except the present case to his credit.
Learned AGA for the State has opposed the prayer for bail, but could not dispute the aforesaid facts.
Considering the material on record as well as the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another, reported in (2018) 3 SCC 22, larger mandate of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, let the applicant- Yogendra Tripathi, involved in Case Crime No. 558 of 2020, under Sections- 419, 420, 467, 468, 406, 506, 471, 120-B IPC, Police Station- Civil Lines, District- Prayagraj, be enlarged on bail on his executing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court, Allahabad. The concerned Court/Authority/Jail Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court, Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.
This bail order would be subject to the fulfilment of following conditions:-
1. The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence by intimidating/ pressurizing the witnesses, during the investigation or trial.
2. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment.
3. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail.
4. The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his counsel. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against him under Section 229-A of the Indian Penal Code;
5. In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail and in order to secure his presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. is issued and the 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 of the Indian Penal Code.
6. The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. If in the opinion of the trial court default of this condition is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the trial court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of his bail and proceed against him in accordance with law.
7. In case the applicant has been enlarged on short term bail as per the order of committee constituted under the orders of Hon'ble Supreme Court his bail shall be effective after the period of short term bail comes to an end.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
Order Date :- 28.7.2021 Junaid