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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:70213 Court No. - 86 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL CANCELLATION APPLICATION No. - 500 of 2024 Applicant :- Sikandar Patel Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prem Sagar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Pradeep Kumar Singh Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the informant-applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
2. The instant bail cancellation application has been moved on behalf of the informant for cancelling the bail granted to the accused-opposite party no.2 in Case Crime No. 163 of 2023 (Case No. 35297 of 2024), under Sections 406, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Sarnath, District Varanasi.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant-informant submits that the accused-opposite party no.2 was granted bail subject to the conditions contained in the bail order, however, the accused- opposite party no.2 after released from jail started making pressure and giving threatening to the applicant to compromise the matter.
4. Learned A.G.A. submits that the informant has a remedy available under the Witness Protection Scheme Scheme, 2018 and thus the instant bail cancellation application may be disposed of in the light of protection granted to the witnesses under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018.
5. In view of the submissions made by learned A.G.A., this Court is of the opinion, that the applicant has remedy available to him under Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, which scheme has been approved by Hon'ble Apex Court in Mahender Chawla and others Vs. Union of India reported in (2019) 14 SCC 615.
6. Accordingly, present bail cancellation application is disposed of with a direction, in case, the informant-applicant moves appropriate application on the proforma prescribed in the Witness Protection Scheme 2018 alongwith a certified copy of this order
for redressal of his grievances, as raised in the instant bail cancellation application, before the competent authority as has been defined under Section 2 (c) of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 within a week from today, same shall be considered and decided as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one month from date of filing such application, strictly in accordance with the Witness Protection Scheme 2018. Order Date :- 2.5.2025 Mustaqeem. Digitally signed by :- MOHD MUSTAQEEM KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad