Vikas Kuswaha v. State of U.P

Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 43222 of 2023 Applicant :- Vikas Kuswaha Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Guru Prasad Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. By means of the bail application the applicant has prayed to be enlarged on bail in Case Crime No. 204 of 2023 at Police Station-Maharajpur, District-Kanpur Nagar under Sections 376, 147, 323, 504, 506 IPC. The applicant is in jail since 06.07.2023. The bail application of the applicant was rejected by the learned trial court on 02.08.2023. The following arguments made by Shri Sudhansu Pratap Singh holding brief of Shri Guru Prasad Mishra, learned counsel on behalf of the applicant, which could not be satisfactorily refuted by and Shri Paritosh Kumar Malviya, learned AGA-I from the record, entitle the applicant for grant of bail:

¶1Delay in lodgement of the FIR in the facts of the case is fatal to the prosecution case.

¶2The applicant and victim were intimate and had a consensual physical relationship over the years.

¶3The F.I.R. is the result of a relationship between the applicant and victim gone awry.

¶4The applicant never gave a plighted word to marry the victim.

¶5The criminal proceedings are being leveraged to force the applicant to marry her and to extort money from him.

¶6Medical evidence to corroborate commission of rape by the applicant with the victim has not been produced by the prosecution.

¶7The applicant does not have any criminal history apart from this case.

¶8The applicant is not a flight risk. The applicant being a law abiding citizen has always cooperated with the investigation and undertakes to join the trial proceedings. There is no possibility of his influencing witnesses, tampering with the evidence or reoffending. In the light of the preceding discussion and without making any observations on the merits of the case, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant-Vikas Kuswaha be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number, on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court below. The following conditions be imposed in the interest of justice:-

(i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence or influence any witness during the trial.

(ii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted. Order Date :- 6.11.2023 Jaswant High Court of Judicature at Allahabad