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2025 DAILYLAW 62496 (ALL)

RAVINDRA KUMAR AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/19758/2025 · 2025-08-10

Gautam Chowdhary

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:135074 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 19758 of 2025 Applicant :- Ravindra Kumar And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Prashant Kumar Singh,Sr. Advocate Counsel for Opposite Party :- Sushmita Mukherjee,G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, Ms. Sushmita Mukherjee, learned counsel for the informant learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants were granted interim bail subject to payment of Rs. 50 lacs after release from jail. Learned counsel further submits that the applicants after releasing from jail have paid Rs. 50 lacs by way of bank drafts to the informant, copy of the bank drafts is annexed as Annexure-1 to the compliance affidavit. It has also been assured on behalf of the applicants that they are ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make themselves available before the court whenever required and are also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon them. He next submits that applicants are languishing in jail since 01.03.21025. 3. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant by contending that the innocence of the applicants cannot be adjudged at pre trial stage, therefore, he does not deserve any indulgence, however learned counsel for the informant has fairly submitted that the applicants have paid Rs. 50 lacs by way of draft to the informant, which has also been credited in the account of the informant. 4. After perusing the record in the light of the submissions made at the bar and after taking an overall view of all the facts and circumstances of this case, the nature of evidence and also the absence of any convincing material to indicate the possibility of tampering with the evidence, without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, this Court is of the view, that the applicants may be enlarged on bail. 5. Let applicants Ravindra Kumar and Virendra Kumar involved in Case Crime No.14 of 2025 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 506, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station Sector-58 District Gautambudh Nagar, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two local sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:- i) The applicants shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. ii) The applicants shall not threaten or harass the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicants shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court. iv) The applicants shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which the applicants are accused, or suspected of the commission. v) The applicants 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 breach of any of the above condition, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the applicant in accordance with law. 7. The bail application is allowed. Order Date :- 11.8.2025 S.Ali Digitally signed by :- SHAUKAT ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad