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2025 DAILYLAW 52827 (ALL)

RAJESH PATEL v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/15554/2025 · 2025-08-05

Gautam Chowdhary

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:133007 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15554 of 2025 Applicant :- Rajesh Patel Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Trilok Nath Dubey,Vineet Singh Parmar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material brought on record. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the F.I.R. was lodged against four unknown persons. The applicant's brother is running business of selling and purchasing of scrap in the name of Omkar Traders and the applicant assisting his brother in his business. He was not aware that the scrap goods which he purchased were looted/ stolen goods. Two co-accused Lucky Singh and Pankaj Singh against whom allegation is that they sold the stolen goods to the applicant has already been granted protection. Two other co-accused, Ravi Srivastav @ Ratnesh Srivastav has already been enlarged on bail. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused have also been mentioned. It has also been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required and is also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon him. He next submits that the applicant is languishing in jail since 25.03.2025, with no criminal history. 3. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant but he could not dispute the submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant. 4. Considering the overall facts and circumstances, the nature of allegations, the gravity of offence and without expressing any opinion on merits, this Court finds it to be a fit case for bail. Accordingly, the bail application stands allowed. 5. Let the applicant-Rajesh Patel, be enlarged on bail in Case Crime No. 170 of 2025, under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 127(2), 61(2), 319(2), 317(2), 317(4), 317(5) of B.N.S., Police Station- Kasya, District- Kushi Nagar, on executing a personal bond and furnishing two local sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: i) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. ii) The applicant shall not threaten or harass the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court. iv) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which the applicant is accused, or suspected of the commission. v) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade such person from disclosing facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. 6. In case of default of any of the conditions enumerated above, the court concerned shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of applicant in accordance with law. Order Date :- 6.8.2025 Mustaqeem. Digitally signed by :- MOHD MUSTAQEEM KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad