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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:68649 Court No. - 86 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL CANCELLATION APPLICATION No. - 167 of 2025 Applicant :- Nankoo Bind Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjeet Kumar Mishra,Siblu Panday Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the informant-applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State, and perused the material on record.
2. The instant bail cancellation application has been moved on behalf of the informant for cancelling the bail granted to the accused-opposite party nos.2 to 5 in Case Crime No.326 of 2024 under Sections 191(2), 190, 115(2), 352, 351(3), 125(b) of B.N.S., Police Station Aurai, District Bhadohi.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant-informant submits that the accused-opposite party nos.2 to 5 was granted bail by the learned Court below, however, the accused-opposite party nos.2 to 5 after released from jail started making pressure and giving threatening to the applicant, which has also been stated in paragraph no.14 of the affidavit accompanying the bail cancellation application.
4. Learned A.G.A. submits that the informant has a remedy available under the Witness Protection Scheme Scheme, 2018 and thus the instant bail cancellation application may be disposed of in the light of protection granted to the witnesses under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018.
5. In view of the submissions made by learned A.G.A., this Court
is of the opinion, that the applicant has remedy available to him under Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, which scheme has been approved by Hon’ble Apex Court in Mahender Chawla and others Vs. Union of India reported in (2019) 14 SCC 615.
6. Accordingly, present bail cancellation application is disposed of with a direction, in case, the informant-applicant moves appropriate application on the proforma prescribed in the Witness Protection Scheme 2018 alongwith a certified copy of this order for redressal of his grievances, as raised in the instant bail cancellation application, before the competent authority as has been defined under Section 2 (c) of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 within a week from today, same shall be considered and decided as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one month from date of filing such application, strictly in accordance with the Witness Protection Scheme 2018. Order Date :- 1.5.2025 S.Ali Digitally signed by :- SHAUKAT ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad