Allahabad High Court
Sahtab And 2 Others vs State Of U.P. And Another on 5 October, 2023
Bench: Krishan Pahal
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:191808
Court No. - 72
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 10721 of 2023
Applicant :- Sahtab And 2 Others
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Applicant :- Sundeep Shukla
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Sandeep Shukla, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Shakil Ahmad, 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 applicants in Case Crime No.48 of 2023, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 323, 336 IPC and Section 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932, P.S.- Phalauda, District- Meerut with a prayer to enlarge them on anticipatory bail.
4. As per prosecution story, two parties were found involved into a scuffle who were beating and firing at each other. As such, four persons were apprehended by police namely Soib, Anees, Riyaz and Mehtaab on the same date i.e. on 21.05.2023.
5. Learned counsel for the applicants has stated that the applicants have been falsely implicated in the present case. Their names have come up in the statement of arrested co-accused persons. None has sustained any injury whatsoever. As such, this is no injury case. Several other submissions have been made on behalf of the applicants to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against them. The circumstances which, as per counsel, led to the false implication of the applicants have also been touched upon at length. Learned counsel has also stated criminal history of one case against all the applicants in which they have been enlarged on bail by the learned trial court. The applicants have apprehension of their arrest. Learned counsel for the applicants undertakes that they have co-operated in the investigation and are 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 applicants.
7. On due consideration to the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned A.G.A. and considering the nature of accusations and antecedents of the applicants, the applicants are 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 applicants 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 applicants is allowed. Let the accused-applicants- Sahtab s/o Shareef, Nadeem s/o Faruk and Sarik s/o Irfan be released forthwith in the aforesaid case crime (supra) on anticipatory bail till the conclusion of trial on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:-
(i). that the applicants shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required;
(ii). that the applicants 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 them from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence;
(iii). that the applicants shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court;
(iv). that in case charge-sheet is submitted the applicants shall not tamper with the evidence during the trial;
(v). that the applicants shall not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness;
(vi). that the applicants 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.
(Justice Krishan Pahal)
Order Date :- 5.10.2023
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