Suhail Khan v. State of U.P

Court No. - 48 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 39592 of 2023 Applicant :- Suhail Khan Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Gufran Ahmad Khan,Azad Khan,Sr. Advocate Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Santosh Kumar Singh,Syed Wajid Ali Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.

¶1Heard Sri Azad Khan, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Syed Wajid Ali, learned counsel for Opposite Party and perused the record.

¶2This is the second bail application.

¶3First bail application was rejected vide order dated 5.4.2023 by a reasoned order.

¶4The applicant has approached this Court by way of filing the present Criminal Misc. Bail Application seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No.150 of 2022 under Section 376, 457 I.P.C., Police Station-Kotwali Katra, District-Mirzapur.

¶5In pursuance of aforesaid order, Trial Court has submitted a report on 1.11.2023 that out of eight proposed prosecution witnesses, five have already been examined and three are remaining.

¶6Learned counsel for the opposite party submits that subsequently statement of one of the Investigating Officer has also been recorded, therefore, at this stage statement of two witnesses are remaining, as such trial is at the fag end.

¶7In the aforesaid circumstances, I do not find any ground to allow this second bail application.

¶8Accordingly, this second bail application is disposed of with the direction that learned Trial Court shall try to conclude the trial expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from today, if there is no legal impediment. Order Date :- 22.11.2023 SB High Court of Judicature at Allahabad