VIMLA DEVI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/1553/2025 · 2025-02-19
Subhash Chandra Sharma
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6Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:10821 Court No. - 14 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1553 of 2025 Applicant :- Vimla Devi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Indra Pratap Singh,Raj Bahadur Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Chandra Sharma,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. This bail application has been preferred by the applicant with a prayer to release the applicant and set aside the judgment and
order dated 22.11.2024 passed by the learned Additional District & Session Judge, Faizabad bearing application on 1338 of 2024, arising out of Case Crime No. 398 of 2024, under Section 3/5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, Police Station Kotwali Ayodhya, District Ayodhya It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that in this case applicant is lady and has falsely been implicated in this case for converting the people into Christianity by tempting them for Rs. 10,000/-. It is further submitted that nothing was recovered from the possession of the applicant to show that she was tempting the people for conversion. There is no any criminal antecedents against the applicant though she is languishing in jail since 07.11.2024 and in case she is released on bail, she will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial, therefore, request to release the applicant on bail. Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer as aforesaid. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case,
submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A., perusal of record, the applicant being lady, the period applicant served in jail 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.
Let the applicant Vimla Devi involved in Case Crime No. 398 of 2024, under Section 3/5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, Police Station Kotwali Ayodhya, District Ayodhya, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions:
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial.
2. The applicant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness.
3. The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted.
4. The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which she is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which she is suspected.
5. The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the
facts of the case so as to dissuade her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court.
Order Date :- 19.2.2025 Suraj Srivastav Digitally signed by :- SURAJ SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench