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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:13577 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 46880 of 2024 Applicant :- Ramkumar Barik Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sudhakar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Session Case No. 406 of 2024, Case Crime No. 120 of 2022, registered under Sections 8/20, 25, 29, 60(3) N.D.P.S. Act, Police Station- Kotwali Lalitpur, District- Lalitpur, during pendency of the trial.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. Name of the applicant surfaced in the present case on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused. He next submitted that co-accused, Bittu Singh, Rajkumar, Niranjan Lal @ Niranjan Singh and Varun Gupta, have been granted bail. Applicant's case is similar with the co-accused persons and claims parity with the co-accused persons. The applicant is languishing in jail since 10.10.2024 having no criminal history to his credit. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and co-operate in trial.
4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail prayer of the applicant.
5. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case,
submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of accused 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.
6. Let the applicant- Ramkumar Barik, who is involved in the aforesaid 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 shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence by intimidating/ pressurizing the witnesses, during the investigation or trial. (ii) The applicant shall cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment. (iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail.
7. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
Order Date :- 27.1.2025 Aditya Digitally signed by :- ADITYA KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad