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2025 DAILYLAW 46952 (ALL)

MOHIT CHAUBE v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/13421/2025 · 2025-04-22

Krishan Pahal

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:61679 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13421 of 2025 Applicant :- Mohit Chaube Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Dileep Singh Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Dileep Singh Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sunl Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 333 of 2024, under Sections 333, 64(1), 351(3) of BNS, Police Station - Mangalpur, District - Kanpur Dehat, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to have committed rape and unnatural offence with the victim on 17.12.2024 at about 02:30 PM. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. The FIR is delayed by about eight days and there is no explanation of the said delay caused. 6. Learned counsel has also stated that the case of personal loan taken by the husband of the victim from the applicant has been converted to a criminal case by the informant. There is no medical corroboration of the incident. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 24.12.2024 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 7. Per contra, learned AGA has vehemently opposed the bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant and also the fact that the applicant has no criminal history. 8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, and taking into consideration the settled law of the Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors., 2022 INSC 690 and Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Mohit Chaube, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his 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 applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 11. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. Order Date:- 23.4.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad