Allahabad High Court
Akash Saini vs State Of U.P. And Another on 21 August, 2023
Bench: Krishan Pahal
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:167952
Court No. - 72
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 9381 of 2023
Applicant :- Akash Saini
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Tarun Kumar Sharma,Satyendra Narayan Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Satyendra Narayan Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri S.P. Pandey, 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.74 of 2023, registered under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 354 IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, at Police Station- T.P. Nagar, District Meerut with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail.
4. As per prosecution story, the marriage of the informant was solemnized with the applicant on 20.2.2022. Prior to it, the applicant is stated to have entered into corporeal relationship with her in the year 2016 and had continued for a period of about six years, and subsequently, the said marriage was solemnized. Subsequently, the applicant is stated to have demanded dowry of Rs.20 lakh from the informant and subjected her to cruelty, thereby assaulting her and even there are serious allegations against other family members of the applicant.
5. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the said allegations are per se false. It is an admitted fact that both were living in live-in relationship as it was agreed up between the parties vide an agreement dated 10.2.2021 for a period of one year, which has been annexed as Annexure No.7 to the affidavit filed with the anticipatory bail application. Learned counsel has stated that the said marriage was love marriage and no pleasantries were exchanged between the parties. The applicant has no criminal history to his credit. 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. 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 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- Akash Saini 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 concerned 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.
Order Date :- 21.8.2023/ Vikas
[Krishan Pahal, J.]
