SHIV KUMAR AND 3 OTHERS v. State of U.P. AND ANOTHER
ABAIL/7120/2024 · 2025-06-30
Gautam Chowdhary
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:101781 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 7120 of 2024 Applicant :- Shiv Kumar And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Gunjan Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Kartikeya Shukla Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned A.G.A. for the State, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record.
2. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Complaint Case No.0138 of 2022 (Rambhushan Singh Vs. Sapna and others) under Sections 392, 462, 504 and 506 IPC, Police Station Randhar, District Jalaun, pending before the learned Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge Special (D.A.A.), Jalaun at Orai, with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicants may be released on 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. It has further been submitted that applicants undertakes to co-operate during 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. Perusal of the order sheet of the instant case shows that the
applicants were granted interim anticipatory bail vide order dated 27.09.2024 subject to certain conditions mentioned in that order.
Learned counsel for the opposite parties did not point out that the applicants have violated any of the conditions.
6. It may be stated that in 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 applicants 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 Shiv Kumar, Raj Kumar, Abhay Pratap and Deep Raj involved in the aforesaid case crime shall be released on anticipatory bail till conclusion of trial on 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 applicants shall appear on the dates fixed by the trial Court. iii) The applicants shall not threaten or harass the prosecution
witnesses. iv) The applicants shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court. v) The applicants shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which the applicant is accused, or suspected of the commission. vi) 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. vi) In case, the applicants fails to appear on two consecutive dates, the order passed by this Court shall automatically stands vacated, unless there is some extraordinary circumstances. vii. The trial Court is directed to make all possible endeavours to consider and conclude the trial of the aforesaid case as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with law.
10. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the applicants in accordance with law.
Order Date :- 1.7.2025 Kumar Manish Digitally signed by :- MANISH TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad