Sangam Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Home

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12562 of 2023 Applicant :- Sangam Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Home Counsel for Applicant :- Arvind Kumar,Ajay Deep Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Sri Arvind Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.

¶2The present bail application has been filed by the applicant with the prayer to enlarge him on bail in Case Crime No. 252 of 2022, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, Police Station Masauli, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged on 03.06.2022 against three named persons, not including the applicant, and an unknown person, alleging that the informant had purchased a plot of land from Om Prakash Verma and later on some other persons tried to take possession of the land saying that they had also purchased the same land by a subsequent sale deed executed by Om Prakash Verma. The FIR does not mention any specific allegation of any act committed by the applicant which may make out commission of any offence by him.

¶4The criminal history of 59 cases of the applicant has been explained in paragraph no.17 of the bail application.

¶5Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the FIR alleges execution of sale deeds by co-accused Om Prakash Verma; there is no specific allegation of any act committed by the applicant; that one of the co-accused Chandan Yadav @ Sonu Yadav has already been granted bail by means of an order dated 06.12.2022 passed by this Court in Crl. Misc. Bail Application No. 13463 of 2022, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail on the ground of parity.

¶6Accordingly, this bail application is allowed.

¶7Let the applicant Sangam Verma be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a bail bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:-

(i) the applicant shall not temper with the prosecution evidence;

(ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses;

(iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court. (Subhash Vidyarthi, J.) Order Date :- 19.10.2023 prateek High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench