Vipul Kumar Patel v. State of U.P

Court No. - 69 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 17620 of 2022 Applicant :- Vipul Kumar Patel Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjeev Kumar Asthana,Anuj Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Deepak Dubey Hon'ble Samit Gopal,J.

¶1List revised.

¶2Heard Sri Anuj Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Deepak Dubey, learned counsel for the first informant, Sri Ajay Singh, learned counsel for the State and perused the material on record.

¶3This bail application under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the applicant-Vipul Kumar Patel, seeking enlargement on bail during trial in connection with Case Crime No.133 of 2020, under Section 302, 201 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Soraon, District Prayagraj.

¶4This is a second bail application. The first bail application of the applicant was rejected vide order dated 20.1.2021 passed by coordinate Bench of this Court passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.2649 of 2021.

¶5After some arguments, learned counsel for the applicant submits that since the applicant is in jail since 24.2.2020 and in the trial statement of P.W.2 is being recorded till date, an appropriate direction be issued to the trial court to conclude the trial within specific period of time. He states that as of now he does not want to press the present bail application on merits.

¶6Learned counsel for the first informant and learned counsel for the State have no objection to the said proposition.

¶7In view of the above, the bail application is disposed of with the direction to the trial court to conclude the trial of the case as expeditiously as possible. (Samit Gopal, J.) Order Date :- 30.11.2023 Gaurav Kuls High Court of Judicature at Allahabad