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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108874 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 6282 of 2024 Applicant :- Ramveer And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Somdev Dixit Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
2. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Complaint Case No.18066 of 2022 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., Police Station Basai Mohammadpur, District Firozabad, with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicant may be released on anticipatory bail.
3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicants that applicants are innocent and they have an apprehension that they may be arrested in the above-mentioned case, whereas there is no credible evidence against them. It has further been submitted that no coercive process has been issued against the applicants so far. It was also submitted that applicants undertakes to co-operate during investigation and trial and they would appear as and when required by the investigating agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, the applicants are granted anticipatory bail, they shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail.
4. Learned A.G.A.has opposed the application for anticipatory bail.
5. The co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 03.09.2024 has granted interim anticipatory bail to the accused- applicant.
6. In the case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694, it has been held by Hon'ble Supreme Court that while deciding anticipatory bail, Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must evaluate entire available material against the accused carefully and that the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into
consideration.
7. In the instant case, considering the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, nature of accusation, role of applicant and all attending
facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merit of the case, a case for anticipatory bail is made out.
8. The anticipatory bail application is allowed.
9. In the event of arrest of the applicants Ramveer, Bhuri Singh, Man Singh and Raju involved in the aforesaid case crime shall be released on anticipatory bail till conclusion of trial on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the concerned Court subject to the following conditions :- i) The applicants shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. ii) The applicant shall not threaten or harass the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicants shall appear on each and every date fixed by the
trial court. iv) The applicants shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which the applicant is 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.
10. 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.
Order Date :- 9.7.2025 S.Ali Digitally signed by :- SHAUKAT ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad