Rohini Raman Upadhyay Alias R.R. Upadhyay v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL CANCELLATION APPLICATION No. - 283 of 2023 Applicant :- Rohini Raman Upadhyay Alias R.R. Upadhyay Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Amit Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Mohd. Aslam Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.

¶1Case called out. None appears for the applicant to press the bail application, although the name of the learned counsel for the applicant has been shown in the cause list. However, Shri Mohd. Aslam, learned counsel for the opposite party No. 2 is present.

¶2The instant bail cancellation application has been moved on behalf of the informant for cancelling the bail granted to the accused-opposite party no.2 in Case Crime No. 752 of 2022, under Sections 354-D, 376, 506 I.P.C. and Section 7, 8, 16, 17, 5L & 6 of Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, Police Station Civil Lines, District Moradabad.

¶3It has been contended on behalf of applicant-informant in the affidavit accompanying to the present bail application that the accused-opposite party no.2 was granted bail subject to the conditions contained in the bail order, however, the accused-opposite party no.2 after released from jail started making pressure and giving threatening to the applicant to compromise the matter and in this regard, a first information report has also been registered as Case Crime No. 261 of 2023, under Sections 504, 506, 507 I.P.C., Police Station Civil Lines, District Mordabad, copy of which is annexed as Annexure-13 to the affidavit accompanying the bail application.

¶4Learned A.G.A. submits that the informant has a remedy available under the Witness Protection Scheme Scheme, 2018 and thus the instant bail cancellation application may be disposed of in the light of protection granted to the witnesses under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018.

¶5In view of the submissions made by learned A.G.A., this Court is of the opinion, that the applicant has remedy available to him under Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, which scheme has been approved by Hon'ble Apex Court in Mahender Chawla and others Vs. Union of India reported in (2019) 14 SCC 615.

¶6Accordingly, present bail cancellation application is disposed of with a direction, in case, the informant-applicant moves appropriate application on the proforma prescribed in the Witness Protection Scheme 2018 alongwith a certified copy of this order for redressal of his grievances, as raised in the instant bail cancellation application, before the competent authority as has been defined under Section 2 (c) of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 within a week from today, same shall be considered and decided as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one month from date of filing such application, strictly in accordance with the Witness Protection Scheme 2018. Order Date :- 28.10.2023 Mustaqeem. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad