HC grants interim bail to a former Minister of this State in a gang rape case [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has granted interim bail for period of two months to Gayatri Pradesh Prajapati, Former Uttar Pradesh Minister, in connection to a gang rape case registered against him under Section 376(D), 354A(I), 504, 506, 509 of I.P.C. and Section 5 and 6 of POCSO Act, 2012 registered at police Station Gautampalli, District Lucknow.

The Single Bench of Justice Ved Prakash Vaish has allowed the bail application applied by the accused/Applicant after considering the medical condition of the applicant which was confirmed by the medical status report.

“The applicant's medical condition, which is confirmed by the medical status report, it shows that the applicant is suffering from disease i.e. UTI with Diabetes mellitus with HTN with Bamboo spine with seronegative Spondylorthropathy; proper treatment is not available in K.G.M.U. Hospital, Lucknow and doctors have advised proper treatment from multiple super specialties, at a tertiary care super specialty hospital; further threat to the applicant's health in the prevailing times of Covid-19 pandemic is real and imminent; and in view of the assurances extended on behalf of the applicant that he shall not apprehend or influence the prosecutix and her family members, this Court is persuaded to grant the applicant, Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, interim bail for a period of two months from the date of his release.”

Earlier the Court directed that the applicant may also be examined by the medical board to be constituted by the Vice Chancellor, K.G.M.U., Lucknow and the said report be placed before this Court. The Vice Chancellor of K.G.M.U., Lucknow has sent the medical report of the applicant, after that the court has granted the bail the bail application.

Case Details 

Case: - BAIL No. - 5743 of 2019

Applicant: - Gayatri Prasad Prajapati [Second Bail]

Opposite Party: - State Of U.P.Thru.Prin. Secy. Home Lucknow

Counsel for Applicant: - Bal Keshwar Srivastava, Anand Mani Tripathi, Avinash Chandra, Shashank Kunwar, Sushil Kumar Singh, Vivek Tiwari

Counsel for Opposite Party: - G.A., Bijay Raj Verma, Rajiv Kumar Rai, Sachida Nand

Bench: Justice Ved Prakash

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