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In Chamber Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 7267 of 2025 Applicant :- Salman Khan Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Jai Raj Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.
1. As the advocates are abstaining from judicial work, I have perused the record.
2. The present petition under Section 528 B.N.S.S. has been filed with a prayer not to insist the applicant to file separate surety bonds in seven criminal cases and accept one surety in all the seven criminal cases in which the applicant has been granted bail, (i) Case Crime No. 214 of 2022, Under Sections 392, 411, I.P.C. Police Station Hari Parvat, District Agra, in which the applicant released on bail vide order dated 06-11-2024 (2) Case Crime No. 362 of 2022, Under Sections 392, 411, I.P.C. Police Station Etmaddaula, District Agra, in which the applicant released on bail vide order dated 13-11-2024 (3) Case Crime No. 445 of 2018, Under Sections 394, 411, I.P.C. Police Station Sadar Bazar, District Agra, in which the applicant released on bail vide order dated 06-01-2025(4) Case Crime No. 451 of 2018, Under Sections 392, 411 I.P.C. Police Station Sadar Bazar, District Agra, in which the applicant released on bail vide order dated 06-01-2025 (5) Case Crime No. 526 of 2018, Under Sections 392, 411, I.P.C. Police Station Sadar Bazar, District Agra, in which the applicant released on bail vide order dated 06-01-2025, (6) Case Crime No. 168 of 2022, Under Sections 414 I.P.C. Police Station Kamala Nagar District Agra, in which the applicant released on bail vide
order dated 21-01-2025 and (7) Case Crime No. 752 of 2018, Under Sections 3/2, of U.P. Gangster Act Police Station Sadar Bazar, District Agra, in which the applicant released on bail vide
order dated 31-01-2025.
3. The applicant has been granted bail in all the aforesaid cases but remains in jail due to an inability to furnish separate sureties for each case.
4. Reliance has been placed on the judgment of the Madras High Court in Sagayam @ Devasagayam vs. State of Tamil Nadu, 2017 (3) CTC 291, which emphasizes that bail conditions should not be excessive or arbitrary, preventing the accused from securing
release. Further reliance has been placed on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky vs. State of U.P. [SLP (Crl.) No. 8914-8915/2018], where a similar condition of multiple sureties was held to be onerous, and a single personal bond was accepted for multiple cases.
5. In view of the above, the applicant is permitted to execute a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- and two sureties as per any one bail granting order, out of the orders dated 06-11-2024, 13-11-2024, 06-01-2025, 21-01-2025 and 31-01-2025, which shall hold good for all these seven cases.
6. With the aforesaid directions, the petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 28.3.2025 pks Digitally signed by :- PANKAJ KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad