SMT. GUDDAN DEVI @ GUDDA DEVI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER
BAIL/8279/2025 · 2025-09-02
Subhash Vidyarthi
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8279 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J.
1. Heard Sri Mohd. Taufiq Siddiqui, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Shikhar Srivastava, 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 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's husband late Ram Charan and he had received compensation for his land. After death of Ram Charn, the applicant executed five sale deeds in respect of land of her deceased husband, which already stands acquired. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Taufiq Siddiqui, Akash Dhar Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party(s): G.A. Smt. Guddan Devi @ Gudda Devi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, she has been falsely implicated in the present case and she has no criminal history. 5. The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant is an illiterate woman and the land in question was recorded in the name of her deceased husband Sri Ram Charan and after his death, the applicant's name has been mutated in revenue record in place of her deceased husband. Co-accused Manoj Kumar Yadav has already been granted bail by means of an order dated 07.08.2025 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 7337 of 2025. 6. 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 been submitted on 27.02.2025 and 20.07.2025. 7.
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 she is languishing in jail since 16.01.2025 whereas the investigation stands concluded and that the co-accused has 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. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant-Smt. Guddan Devi @ Gudda Devi 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;
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(ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial Court. September 2, 2025 Pradeep/-
BAIL No. 8279 of 2025 3 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench