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2025 DAILYLAW 166140 (ALL)

RAVEES KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO AND ANOTHER

NABAIL/98/2024 · 2025-01-23

Shree Prakash Singh

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:4655 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 98 of 2024 Applicant :- Ravees Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Indrapal Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Anil Kumar Yadav,Ankur Yadav,Kunwar Abhimanyu Rana,Rakesh Kumar,Surendra Singh Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. The present bail application under Section 482 BNSS has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in case crime No. 227 of 2024, under Sections 191 (2), 191 (3), 109 BNS Police Station -Arwal District- Hardoi. From perusal of the order sheet, it appears that on 6.11.2024, following order was passed wherein the present applicant has been granted interim anticipatory bail:- " Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.Supplementary affidavit filed today by the learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. The instant anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant with the prayer to release him on anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 227 of 2024, under Sections 191 (2), 191 (3), 109 BNS Police Station -Arwal District- Hardoi. The contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the instant matter. He submits that general allegation has been levelled for opening fire upon the injured against the applicant including the other co-accused persons. He added that the injured has also levelled general allegations against the applicant and as per prosecution version, in fact, no such incident took place. He added that the applicant undertakes that he will cooperate with the investigation proceedings as well as in the trial proceedings and would never abscond from the same. He next added that there is acute apprehension that police will arrest him thus, submission is that the the applicant may be granted anticipatory bail. On the other hand, learned AGA appearing for the State has opposed the submissions aforesaid and submits that the the applicant has committed the offence and allegation has also been made against the applicant by the injured but he failed to assign any specific allegation against the applicant Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, till the next date of listing, the present applicant- Ravees Kumar shall be released forthwith in the aforesaid case crime (supra) on an interim anticipatory bail on his furnishing personal bond and two solvent sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:- (i) that the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; \ (ii) that 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; (iii) that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court; (iv) that in case chargesheet is submitted the applicant shall not tamper with the evidence during the trial; (v) that the applicant shall not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness; (vi) that the applicant shall appear before the trial court on each date fixed unless personal presence is exempted; (vii) that in case of breach of any of the above conditions the court concerned shall have the liberty to cancel the bail. List/put up this matter in the week commencing 2.12.2024. Let notice be issued to the opposite party no. 2 returnable at an early date. Steps be taken within a week. If steps are taken, office shall proceed accordingly. In the meantime, learned counsel for the State may file counter affidavit. " State counsel has failed to demonstrate from the counter affidavit that there is any adversarial fact which are pleaded in the bail application. This Court finds that the applicant was enlarged on anticipatory bail after thorough considering the merits of the case. It has also not been pleaded by counsel for the State that the present applicant is not cooperating with the trial proceedings. In view of the aforesaid, the present anticipatory bail application is hereby disposed of while extending anticipatory bail to the applicant namely, Ravees Kumar, till disposal of the trial subject to the following conditions:- (i) that the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) that 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 him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; (iii) that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court; (iv) that the applicant shall appear before the trial court on each date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted; and (v) that the applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witness. In case of default, it would be open for the investigating agency to move application for vacation of this order. Order Date :- 23.1.2025 Shravan Digitally signed by :- SHRAVAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench