Allahabad High Court
Rajat Verma vs State Of U.P. And Another on 20 April, 2023
Bench: Krishan Pahal
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Court No. - 83
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 2619 of 2023
Applicant :- Rajat Verma
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Anjani Kumar Shahwal
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Alok Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri V.K.S. Parmar, learned A.G.A. for the State as well as perused the record.
3. The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Case Crime No.0003 of 2022, registered under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC at Police Station- Amapur, District Kasganj with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail.
4. As per prosecution story, the applicant along with other named accused persons are stated to have duped the informant to the tune of Rs.2,40,000/- on the pretext of getting him a job in a company. Even an amount of Rs.27,000/- is stated to have been debited to his account to the account of the informant as a salary of one month which was mentioned to increase by next month, but neither there was any evidence of any job nor the said amount has been returned to the informant.
5. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. All the transactions, if any, has taken place between Puneet Kumar, Sandeep Tripathi and the informant. The applicant has nothing to do with the said offence. The other three accused persons, who are named in the FIR, have been enlarged on regular bail. The case of the applicant is at a different footing to the other co-accused persons. The final report (charge-sheet) has not yet been submitted against the applicant. The investigation is going on. The final report (charge-sheet) has been filed with respect to the other three accused persons. Several other submissions have been made on behalf of the applicant to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against him. The circumstances which, as per counsel, led to the false implication of the applicant have also been touched upon at length. There are no criminal antecedents of the applicant. The applicant has apprehension of his arrest. Learned counsel for the applicant undertakes that he has co-operated in the investigation and is ready to do so during investigation and in trial also failing which the State can move appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail.
6. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant.
7. On due consideration to the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and considering the nature of accusations and antecedents of the applicant, the applicant is liable to be enlarged on anticipatory bail in view of the judgment of Supreme Court in the case of "Sushila Aggarwal Vs. State (NCT of Delhi), (2020) 5 SCC 1". The future contingencies regarding the anticipatory bail being granted to applicant shall also be taken care of as per the aforesaid judgment of the Apex Court.
8. In view of the above, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant is allowed. Let the accused-applicant- Rajat Verma be released forthwith in the aforesaid case crime (supra) on anticipatory bail till the conclusion of trial on furnishing a personal and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:-
(i). that the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required;
(ii). that the applicant 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;
(iii). that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court;
(iv). that in case charge-sheet is submitted the applicant shall not tamper with the evidence during the trial;
(v). that the applicant shall not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness;
(vi). that the applicant shall appear before the trial court on each date fixed unless personal presence is exempted;
(vii). that in case of breach of any of the above conditions the court below shall have the liberty to cancel the bail.
9. It is made clear that observations made hereinabove are exclusively for deciding the instant anticipatory bail application and shall not affect the trial.
(Krishan Pahal, J.)
Order Date :- 20.4.2023
Ravi Kant
