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2025 DAILYLAW 201120 (ALL)

RAM BABU YADAV v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

CRLA/6969/2025 · 2025-10-14

Criminal Appealbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 6969 of 2025 Court No. - 87 HON'BLE ANIL KUMAR-X, J. 1. Case called out in the revised call. None has appeared on behalf of opposite party no. 2 to press this matter. 2. Heard learned counsel for appellant and the learned AGA for State. 3. As per office report, notice has been served on opposite party no. 2, however, none has appeared on behalf of opposite party no.2 to oppose the appeal. 4. This criminal appeal under Section 14-A(2) of The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been preferred by the appellant- Ram Babu Yadav with the prayer to allow the appeal, set aside the bail rejection order dated 21.07.2025 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge/ Additional Special Judge ( SC/ST Act) Court No.15, Prayagraj in Special Trial No.445 of 2019, arising out of Case Crime No.503 of 2018, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 427, 308 IPC and 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, at Police Station Nawabganj, District Prayagraj. 5. Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that the appellant has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that co- accused namely Bhola Yadav has been granted bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 16.10.2024 in Criminal Appeal No.9112 of 2024 ( Bhola Yadav Vs. State of U.P. and Another) and other co-accused Ram Kishun Yadav has also been granted bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 4.10.2023 in Criminal Appeal No.8577 of 2023 ( Ram Kishun Yadav Vs. State of U.P. and Another) , thus appellant is also entitled for bail on the ground of parity. 6. Learned AGA has strongly opposed the prayer for bail. Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Jitendra Singh, Rudra Pratap Narain Singh, Vikas Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Ram Babu Yadav .....Appellant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) 7. I have considered the rival submissions so made and have gone through the entire record. 8. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of punishment, the Court is of the opinion that the appellants have made out a case for bail. 9. Accordingly, the appeal is allowed and the impugned order rejecting the bail application of the appellant is set-aside. 10. Let the appellant- Ram Babu Yadav involved in Special Trial No.445 of 2019, arising out of Case Crime No.503 of 2018, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 427, 308 IPC and 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, at Police Station Nawabganj, District Prayagraj, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. (i) The appellant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. (ii) The appellant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. (iii) The appellant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted. (iv) The appellant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected. (v) The appellant 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. 11. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the concerned Court shall be at liberty to take appropriate coercive action for appearance of the accused or to cancel the bail granted. October 15, 2025 Mukesh CRLA No. 6969 of 2025 2 (Anil Kumar-X,J.) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad