Ram Sawari Devi @ Ram Sohari Devi v. State of U.P

Court No. - 44 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 43217 of 2023 Applicant :- Ram Sawari Devi @ Ram Sohari Devi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Shailesh Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Dhirendra Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record.

¶2It is argued by learned counsel for the applicant that is an old lady, aged about seventy two years. It is next argued that other co-accused Pradeep Kumar Singh has already been enlarged on bail by another Bench of this Court, vide order dated 5.7.2023 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 27450 of 2023. It is further submitted that applicant has no criminal antecedent except the present one and she is in jail since 28.8.2023.

¶3Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.

¶4Considering the fact that the co-accused has been enlarged on bail, the applicant is a lady, aged about seventy two years and has no criminal antecedents to her credit, she is entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity. In view thereof, the application is allowed.

¶5Let the applicant Ram Sawari Devi @ Ram Sohari Devi be released on bail in Case Crime No. 267 of 2018, under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 323 I.P.C., P.S. Chunar, district-Mirzapur, on her furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.25,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the following conditions:

(a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings;

(b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which she is accused or suspected of the commission; and

(c) 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 her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. Order Date :- 21.11.2023 Faridul High Court of Judicature at Allahabad