PRADUMN KUMAR SAROJ v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. HOME LKO
A482/1899/2025 · 2025-03-03
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:12708 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1899 of 2025 Applicant :- Pradumn Kumar Saroj Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko Counsel for Applicant :- Ashish Kumar Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material on record. The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. read with Section 528 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short
"BNSS") has been filed by the applicant to permit him to submit two sureties and personal bond in all the cases in which he was roped in.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in five cases. He has next submitted that in all the cases registered against the applicant, he has been granted bail by the court concerned. He says that the applicant is a very poor person and not in a position to furnish huge sureties in each and every case in compliance of bail orders. It is further submitted that the details of cases registered against applicant at District - Pratapgarh are as under : (i) Case Crime No.550/2021, under Section 395 I.P.C., Police Station Lalganj, District- Pratapgarh. (ii) Case Crime No.443/2021, under Section 395, 412 I.P.C., Police Station Raniganj, District- Pratapgarh. (iii) Case Crime No. 576/2021, under Section 3/25 Arms Act, Police Station Lalganj, District- Pratapgarh. (iv) Case Crime No. 573/2021, under Sections 307, 394, 393, 411 I.P.C., Police Station Lalganj, District- Pratapgarh. (v) Case Crime No. 574/2021, under Section 307 I.P.C., Police Station Lalganj, District- Pratapgarh.
Learned counsel for the applicant has relied upon the judgment of the Apex Court passed in Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No. 8914-8915 of 2018; Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky Vs. State of U.P.
Learned A.G.A. submits that he does not want to file any counter affidavit. Considering the observations made by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky (Supra) and also the observations made by this Court in the case of Shivam Gupta @ Shubham @ Lavi vs. State of U.P. through Secretary Home Civil Sectt. Lko (Application U/S 482 No.466 of 2024) as well as in Dr. Abhishek Yadav vs. State of U.P. (Application U/S 482 No.18948 of 2023), the present application is allowed with a direction that in case the applicant provides two sureties and bail bond in Case Crime No.550/2021, under Section 395 I.P.C., Police Station Lalganj, District- Pratapgarh, then the same shall be held good in rest of the cases registered against the applicant at District Pratapgarh, as mentioned above, and the applicant shall be released on bail on that sureties.
Order Date :- 3.3.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench