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2025 DAILYLAW 200697 (ALL)

VIVEK SHARMA ALIAS PAWAN SHARMA v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/31040/2025 · 2025-10-14

Criminal Appealbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31040 of 2025 Court No. - 64 HON'BLE VIVEK VARMA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri N.K. Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State and Sri Gyan Prakash Ojha, counsel for the informant. Perused the record. 2. The present bail application has been filed with a prayer to enlarge the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 273 of 2025, under Sections 108, 351(3), 318(4) B.N.S., Police Station- Rasra, District- Ballia during pendency of the trial. 3. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. The incident is alleged to have occurred on 16.7.2025. The uncle of the deceased informed the police authorities that her niece committed suicide on the same day. In the said application, there is no allegation against the applicant. Thereafter, on 19.7.2025, the first information report was lodged against the applicant and others. According to the postmortem report, cause of death is ashpyxia due to antemortem hanging. It is contended that as per the allegations in the first information report, suicide note and the material collected during the course of investigation, the necessary ingredients to constitute the offence under Section 108 B.N.S., are not made out against the applicant. The applicant, in no Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Vivek Sharma Alias Pawan Sharma .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) manner, abetted the commission of suicide by the deceased. In support of his submission, counsel for the applicant has placed reliance on the judgements of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the cases of Nipun Aneja and others vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (Criminal Appeal No. 654 of 2017) decided on 03.10.2024 and Abhinav Mohan Delkar vs. The State of Maharashtra and other (Criminal Appeal Nos. 2177-2185 of 2024) decided on 18.8.2025. The applicant is in jail since 20.7.2025 having no criminal history. In case he is enlarged on bail, he will not misuse the said liberty. 4. Learned A.G.A. for the State and counsel for the informant have opposed the prayer for bail but could not satisfactorily dispute the aforesaid submissions from the record. 5. Having heard counsel for the parties and having perused the record, this Court prima facie finds that in the information to the police on 16.7.2025, there are no allegation against the applicant. The first information report has been lodged belatedly. According to the postmortem report, cause of death is ashpyxia due to antemortem hanging. The necessary ingredients to constitute the offence under Section 108 B.N.S., are not made out against the applicant. The applicant has no criminal antecedents. Further the applicant has presently remained confined for more than two months and there is no hope of early conclusion of trial, more so when no reasonable apprehension has been brought to the fore by the State that the applicant, if enlarged on bail, would either tamper with the evidence or intimidate the witness, without commenting on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. 6. Let the applicant, Vivek Sharma @ Pawan Sharma involved in the aforesaid case be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned on the following conditions that: i. the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; BAIL No. 31040 of 2025 2 ii. the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witness; iii. the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court. 7. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court. October 15, 2025 S.S. BAIL No. 31040 of 2025 3 (Vivek Varma,J.) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad