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RISHABH ALIAS SANTOSH YADAV v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

CRLA/5557/2025 · 2025-09-24

Shekhar Kumar Yadav

Criminal Appealbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 5557 of 2025 Court No. - 83 HON'BLE SHEKHAR KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. In this case notice has already been served upon the informant. 2. The present criminal appeal under Section 14-A(2) Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been filed by the appellant-Rishabh Alias Santosh Yadav to set aside the order dated 27.05.2025 in Bail Application No. 1903 of 25 and to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 113 of 2025 under sections 69, 115(2), 352 BNS and Section 3(2)(V), 3(1)Da and 3(1) Dha of S.C./S.T. Act, P.S. Gagaha, District Gorakhpur. 3. Heard learned counsel for the appellant, the learned AGA for the State-respondent no.1 and perused the entire record. 4. According to the prosecution case, the FIR has been lodged on 28.02.2025 by the victim herself stating therein that the appellant has enticed away and solemnized marriage in a temple and residing in a rented room from the last two years as husband and wife. When the informant stated to her husband to register the marriage in family court and go with her on his parental house, the appellant abused and beaten her. 5. Submission of learned counsel for the appellant is that the appellant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The appellant has not committed any offence as alleged in the impugned FIR. Further submission is that the prosecution story is Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : K.K.Rao, Pradeep Kumar Srinette Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Sanjeev Kumar Yadav Rishabh Alias Santosh Yadav .....Appellant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) totally false and fabricated. Essential ingredients to constitute the offence under the SC/ST Act are lacking in the matter. Appellant is languishing in jail since 07.04.2025. Learned counsel for the appellant next submitted that the victim has gone with own wishes with the appellant and is living as his wife. It is next submitted that he will register the marriage in court after releasing from the jail. Further submission is that the impugned order rejecting the bail application of the appellant suffers from infirmity and illegality warranting interference by this Court. Under such circumstances, the appellant is entitled for bail. 6. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. opposing the prayer for bail had have submitted that the appellant committed the present offence having knowledge that the victim belonged to S.C./S.T. Community. There is no infirmity or illegality in the impugned order. 7. I have considered the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the entire record including the impugned order carefully. 8. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, role assigned to the present appellant and the nature of injury, the Court is of the opinion that the appellant has made out a case for bail. The Court below erred in rejecting the bail application of the appellant. The impugned order suffers from infirmity and illegality and the same is liable to be set-aside and the appeal is liable to be allowed. 9. Accordingly, the appeal is allowed and the impugned order rejecting the bail application of the appellant is hereby set-aside. 10. Let the appellant-Rishabh Alias Santosh Yadav involved in aforesaid case crime number be released on bail on 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. CRLA No. 5557 of 2025 2 (i) The appellant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. (ii) The appellant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. (iii) The appellant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted. (iv) The appellant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected. (v) The appellant 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 him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. 11. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court. September 25, 2025 RPD CRLA No. 5557 of 2025 3 (Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.) Digitally signed by :- RATAN PRAKASH DWIVEDI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad