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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:38748 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 45138 of 2024 Applicant :- Shubham Dixit Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Mahendra Pratap Singh,Rohit Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Uday Shankar Tiwari Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Mahendra Pratap Singh along with Rohit Singh,
learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Uday Shankar Tiwari,
learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.136 of 2024, under Sections 85, 115(2), 64 B.N.S. and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act and 3/4 POCSO Act, Police Station Sindhora, District Varanasi, during the pendency of trial.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the complaint.
5. Learned counsel has also stated that it is a clear cut case of misuse of dowry laws, subsequently, the allegation of rape has also been made against the applicant. It is alleged that applicant has subsequently molested the victim and as such, the informant was forced to marry her with the applicant. The allegation of rape has been made after a delay of about four years. There is no explanation of the said delay.
6. Several other submissions have been made on behalf of the applicant to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against him. The circumstances which, as per counsel, led to the false implication of the applicant have also been touched upon at length. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 02.11.2024 and he is ready to cooperate
with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail.
7. Per contra, learned AGA and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant and also the fact that the applicant has no criminal history.
8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case,
submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, and taking into consideration the settled law of the Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors., 2022 INSC 690 and Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
9. Let the applicant- Shubham Dixit, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed.
10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
11. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses.
Order Date :- 18.3.2025 Jitendra Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad