Allahabad High Court
Rajendra Singh Dhangar vs State Of U.P. And Another on 24 May, 2023
Bench: Krishan Pahal
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:116294
Court No. - 83
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 5996 of 2023
Applicant :- Rajendra Singh Dhangar
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Ram Prakash Dwivedi,Pranshu Dwivedi
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Shiv Raj Singh
Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Ram Prakash Dwivedi, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Shiv Raj Singh, learned counsel for the informant and Sri Yogesh Mishra, 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.262 of 2020, registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC at Police Station- Bah, District Agra with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail.
4. As per prosecution story, the co-accused person Brijesh is stated to have sold the property of his brother showing him dead without any title.
5. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the applicant was enlarged on anticipatory bail till the submission of report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. by this Court vide order dated 09.03.2022. Learned counsel has further stated that the applicant has not misused the opportunity granted earlier and has co-operated during investigation. He is a bona fide purchaser and he himself has been duped of his hard earned money. The offence, if any, has been committed by the co-accused person Brijesh. The matter is between the brothers only. The applicant is stranger to their family. There is a civil suit pending between the parties. 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 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- Rajendra Singh Dhangar 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.
(Krishan Pahal, J.)
Order Date :- 24.5.2023
Ravi Kant
