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RAMPAL @ RAM PAL YADAV v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.

BAIL/7139/2025 · 2025-09-18

Subhash Vidyarthi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7139 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Atul Verma, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Smt. Shikha Sinha, the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 22 of 2023 under Sections 323/506/504/471/468/467/420/406 I.P.C. registered at Police Station- Chinhat, District- Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged by a Lekhpal on 16.01.2023 against five persons, not including the applicant, stating that a land bearing Gata No.500 measuring area 1.050 Hectares situated in Village- Kanchanpur, Matiyari had been acquired and notification and under Section 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act have been issued on 26.02.2001 and 04.06.2001. The tenure holders had received the entire acquisition compensation also. The acquired land included land of the applicant and he had received compensation for his land. However, the applicant's name continued to be recorded in Revenue Records and the applicant is said to have executed nine sale deeds in respect of the aforesaid portion of the land. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Verma, Hari Krishna Verma, Sanjeev Verma, Sudhanshu Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s): G.A. Rampal @ Ram Pal Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 5. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is an illiterate person and the land in question was recorded in his name. 6. Co-accused persons, namely, Manoj Kumar Yadav and Smt. Guddan Devi @ Gudda Devi, have already been granted bail by means of orders dated 07.08.2025 and 02.09.2025 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application Nos. 7337 of 2025 and 8279 of 2025, respectively. 7. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application and on the basis of written instructions, he has submitted that allegations have been established during investigation and a charge-sheet has already been submitted. 8. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the aforesaid submission of the learned counsel for the applicant coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 16.01.2025 whereas the investigation stands concluded and that two co-accused persons have already been granted bail, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail in the aforesaid case. 9. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Rampal @ Ram Pal Yadav be released on bail in the aforementioned case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Magistrate/Court concerned, subject to following conditions:- (i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; BAIL No. 7139 of 2025 2 (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial Court. September 18, 2025 Preeti BAIL No. 7139 of 2025 3 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- PREETI GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench