Triveni v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 72 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 12488 of 2023 Applicant :- Triveni Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ramji Singh Patel Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.

¶1List has been revised.

¶2Heard Sri Ram Ji Singh Patel, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Pankaj Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.

¶3The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Case Crime No. 212 of 2023, under Sections 323, 504, 427, 392 I.P.C., Police Station Badagaon, District Varanasi with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail.

¶4As per prosecution case, the applicant along with three other accused persons are stated to have demolished the house of the informant and caused injuries to him on 29.06.2023 at about 6:30 p.m.

¶5Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the F.I.R. is delayed by one day and there is no explanation of the said delay. The F.I.R. itself indicates that there is a civil dispute pending between the parties. He further stated that the injuries which have been sustained by the informant are simple in nature as it is mentioned in the injury report that the complaint of pain was observed by the doctor. 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. The applicant has apprehension of his arrest. Learned counsel has stated that 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.

¶6Per 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.

¶7On 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.

¶8In view of the above, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant is allowed. Let the accused-applicant-Triveni 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 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.

¶9It is made clear that observations made hereinabove are exclusively for deciding the instant anticipatory bail application and shall not affect the trial. Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Manoj High Court of Judicature at Allahabad