SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
A482/6846/2025 · 2025-08-21
Shree Prakash Singh
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:49208 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6846 of 2025 Applicant :- Santosh Kumar Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Ajay Kumar Verma,Muskan Bharti,Shubham Kumar Verma,Vinay Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant(s) as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.
2. By means of the instant application, the applicant(s) has/have prayed that this Court may be pleased to direct the learned trial Court not to insist the applicant(s) to file separate sureties and bonds in each and every eight cases and accept only two sureties and one personal bond in lieu of all the eight cases.
3. The learned counsel appearing for the applicant(s) submits that it has become impossible for the applicant(s) to submit separate sureties and bonds in each of cases, in which, he has been granted bail. He added that the applicant has been granted bail in all the eight cases arising out of following Case Crime Numbers: 1) Case Crime No.0694/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa District Barabanki; 2) Case Crime No.0831/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa District Barabanki; 3) Case Crime No.0828/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa District Barabanki; 4) Case Crime No.0695/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa District Barabanki; 5) Case Crime No.0837/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa District Barabanki; 6) Case Crime No.0832/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa District Barabanki; 7) Case Crime No.0490/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa
District Barabanki; and 8) Case Crime No.0820/2024 lodged at Police Station Dewa District Barabanki;
4. He next added that despite the trial Court granted bail in aforesaid cases, the applicant is still in jail. Being poor person, he is unable to produce the sureties in each cases. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that in similar circumstances, namely, in the case of Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh [SLP (Crl.) No.8914-8915/2018] the Supreme Court vide order dated 29.10.2018 has permitted the petitioners to submit separate personal bonds and two sureties of heavy amount to hold good in all the cases.
5. Referring the aforesaid judgement and order, he submits that the applicant may also be given the benefit of the ratio of the
judgment passed in Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky (supra).
6. Considering the aforesaid fact, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the applicant to furnish a personal bond of Rs.30,000/- and two sureties of the like amount in one case, which shall be treated to be valid in all other cases wherein the bail orders have been passed. [Shree Prakash Singh, J.]
Order Date :- 21.8.2025 MVS/- Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench