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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:80396 Court No. - 67 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5563 of 2025 Applicant :- Nand Kishore Rajput Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Bandana Singh,Satyam Jaiswal,Ved Prakash Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Chandra Dhari Singh,J.
1. The instant bail application has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, seeking regular bail in Case Crime No.555 of 2024, under Sections 331(4), 305Ka, 317(2) BNS, Police Station - Akbarpur, District - Kanpur Dehat.
2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant has submitted that applicant is innocent person and has not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. It is further submitted that applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case due to ulterior motive. It is submitted that recovery which has been shown by the investigating agency, is disputed by applicant as the police has not followed the procedure as prescribed under the law. It is also submitted that criminal history of 17 cases has been explained in paragraph 2 of supplementary affidavit. It is further submitted that after completion of investigation, charge sheet has been filed and the court concerned has taken cognizance. It is further submitted that similarly placed co-accused, Brijesh, Nand Kishor and Sajjan have already been granted bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Court and, therefore, the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity. Applicant is languishing in jail since 23.11.2024.
3. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts, it is prayed by
learned counsel appearing on behalf of applicant that applicant may be released on bail in the aforesaid crime. It is undertaken by learned counsel for the applicant that applicant shall abide by all terms and conditions as imposed by this Court. 4. Per contra, learned AGA vehemently opposed the bail application of applicant, but he has not contradicted the facts as stated by learned counsel for the applicant during arguments. 5. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of applicant, learned AGA appearing on behalf of the State, perused the contents made in bail application and material available on record. 6. I have gone through the contents made in the bail application as well as the documents appended with the bail application and perused the affidavit. It is admitted fact that after completion of investigation, charge sheet has been filed and the court concerned has also taken cognizance; criminal history of 17 cases has already been explained; co-accused persons have already been enlarged on bail; applicant is languishing in jail for about six months, there is no possibility of completion of trial in near future and there is no material brought by learned AGA to establish that if applicant would be enlarged on bail he will influence the trial or the witnesses. 7. Taking into consideration all the entirety of the matter as discussed above, without expressing any finding or opinion on merits of the case, the applicant is releasing on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant - Nand Kishore Rajput, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- (Fifty Thousand) 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 applicant shall not tamper with evidence. (ii) The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the Trial Court on dates fixed for (1) opening of the case, (2) framing of charge and (3) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C./351 B.N.S.S. If in the opinion of the Trial Court absence of the applicant is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the Trial Court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of bail and proceed against him in accordance with law. 9.
9. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. . (Chandra Dhari Singh, J.)
Order Date :- 15.5.2025 Atul Digitally signed by :- ATUL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ATUL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad