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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:7278 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 12105 of 2024 Applicant :- Mohd Aqib Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Premdhan Kumar,Ram Bali Ram Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Shiv Kumar Gupta,Vipin Kumar Singh Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.
1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Premdhan Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State as well as perused the record. None is present on behalf of the informant. 3. The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Case Crime No. 276 of 2024, registered under Sections 69, 64, 351(2) of the B.N.S. at Police Station- Alinagar, District- Chandauli with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant, who happens to be the medical practitioner, is stated to have established corporeal relationship with the informant on the promise that he shall treat her for free. The applicant is stated to have continued the said relationship and even established unnatural relationship with her. The applicant had also made an indecent video of her and threatened her to make it viral on social media. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the case. He has nothing to do with the said offence. It is further stated that there is no recovery of any video whatsoever. The FIR itself indicates her consent. Learned counsel has further argued that the applicant and the victim both are married. The case does not fall within the purview of rape. The offence, if any made out against the applicant, may fall within the category of section 82 of B.N.S., which is bailable. 6. Several other submissions have been made on behalf of the applicant to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against him. The circumstances which, as per counsel, led to the false
implication of the applicant have also been touched upon at length. The applicant has apprehension of his arrest. Learned counsel has stated that the applicant undertakes that he has co-operated in the investigation and is ready to do so in trial also failing which the State can move appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail. 7.
Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant. 8. On due consideration to the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and considering the nature of accusations and antecedents of the applicant, the applicant is liable to be enlarged on anticipatory bail in view of the
judgment of Supreme Court in the case of "Sushila Aggarwal Vs. State (NCT of Delhi), (2020) 5 SCC 1". The future contingencies regarding the anticipatory bail being granted to applicant shall also be taken care of as per the aforesaid judgment of the Supreme Court.
9. In view of the above, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant is allowed. Let the accused-applicant- Mohd Aqib be released forthwith in the aforesaid case crime (supra) on anticipatory bail till the conclusion of trial on furnishing a personal bond and two 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 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 in case charge-sheet 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.
10. It is made clear that observations made hereinabove are exclusively for deciding the instant anticipatory bail application and shall not affect the trial.
Order Date :- 16.1.2025 Sumit S (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SUMIT SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad