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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:129373 Court No. - 87 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14013 of 2025 Applicant :- Kranti Rajbhar @ Danish Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Surendra Mohan Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J.
1. Heard Sri Surendra Mohan Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
2. The present bail application, seeking bail, has been moved by the applicant-accused-Kranti Rajbhar @ Danish involved in Case Crime No.133 of 2024, under Section 3(1) of U.P. Gangster Act, Police Station-Chetganj, District-Varanasi.
3. Learned counsel for the accused-applicant, contends that the accused is on bail in the case shown in the gang chart and in criminal history. He is incarcerated since long. As such, he prays that the accused/applicant be enlarged on bail.
4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the accused-applicant is a habitual offender and does not deserve bail, but conceded that the criminal history is explained.
5. This court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the records.
6. The criminal history and the nature of offences mentioned in the criminal history has been considered.The records, which prima facie, reveals that there are eight base cases shown in the gang- chart, which are of theft and recovery.The applicant is on bail in all eight cases. There is criminal history of five cases, out of which in one case he is not named; in three cases, he has confessed crime and in one case he is on bail. The applicant is languishing in jail since 14.09.2024 .
7. Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed.
8. The accused/applicant be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned in view of observation made by the Supreme Court in its dictums of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [(2024) 10 SCC 674] and Policy Strategy for grant of bail in re [(2024)10SCC 685].
9. The accused-applicant shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal. Order Date :- 1.8.2025 MN/- (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAHENDRA NATH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad