Allahabad High Court
Kailash Alias Bhole vs State Of U.P. on 13 January, 2023
Bench: Siddharth
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Court No. - 73
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 39575 of 2022
Applicant :- Kailash Alias Bhole
Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Akhilesh Srivastava,Saksham Srivastava
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Siddharth,J.
Heard Shri Saksham Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A.
The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant, Kailash Alias Bhole, with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 314 of 2022, under Sections 302,201 IPC Police Station Quarsi, District-Aligarh, during pendency of trial.
There is allegation in the First Information Report against unknown accused regarding murder of the husband of the informant and throwing the dead body in the 'Nala'.The dead body of the deceased was recovered after two days. In the postmortem report four injuries have been found on the person of the deceased. In the C.C.T.V. footage he has not been identified. As per statement of the minor child of the deceased and informant allegation is that applicant used to frequently visit their house and used to talk to their mother. The other son of the deceased stated that informant druged the deceased then his murder was committed.
Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that it is a case of circumstantial evidence. There is no credible evidence against the applicant except allegations made by the sons of the deceased,which are also not regarding commission of offence but only about proximity of their mother to the applicant.The applicant is in jail since 18.4.2022 and has no criminal history.
Learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail prayer of the applicant but could not dispute the aforesaid facts.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties noted above,finding force in the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicant, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, considering the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another reported in (2018) 3 SCC 22 and recent judgment dated 11.07.2022 of the Apex Court in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil vs. C.B.I., passed in S.L.P (Crl.) No. 5191 of 2021 and considering 5-6 times overcrowding in jails over and above their capacity by the under trials and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified.
1. The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence by intimidating/ pressurizing the witnesses, during the investigation or trial.
2. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking any adjournment.
3. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail.
4. 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;
5. The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence and the witnesses are present in court. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law to ensure presence of the applicant.
6. The applicant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. If in the opinion of the trial court default of this condition is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the trial court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of his bail and proceed against him in accordance with law.
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
The trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the present case and conclude the same expeditiously preferably within a period of one year from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment.
Order Date :- 13.1.2023
Atul kr. sri.
