Antim Shukla v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko

Court No. - 28 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10742 of 2023 Applicant :- Antim Shukla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Krishna Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Nirmal Kumar Pandey, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. By means of the instant application, the applicant has prayed that this Court may be pleased to direct the learned Court below not to insist the applicant to file separate sureties and bonds in each and every nine cases and accept only two sureties and one personal bond in lieu of all the nine cases. The learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that it has become impossible for the applicant to submit separate sureties and bonds in each of cases, in which, he has been granted bail. He added that the applicant has been granted bail in nine cases arising out of following Case Crime Numbers :- 1)Case Crime No. 10 of 2023, under Sections 420,406,447,467,468,471,120-B of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 2)Case Crime No. 535 of 2022, under Sections 420,406,447,467,468,471,504,506,354,109 of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 3) Case Crime No. 557 of 2022, under Sections 419,420,467,468,471,447,427,109 of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 4)Case Crime No. 534 of 2023, under Sections 354,420,406,467,468,471,504,506,109 of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 5)Case Crime No. 106 of 2023, under Sections 406,420,506,109,120-B of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 6)Case Crime No. 533 of 2023, under Sections 420,406,467,468,471,109 of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 7)Case Crime No. 536 of 2023, under Sections 420,406,467,468,471,504,506,109 of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 8)Case Crime No. 525 of 2023, under Sections 3(1) of the U.P.Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. 9)Case Crime No. 712 of 2021, under Sections 294,504,506,109 of IPC, PS-Kotwali Nagar, District -Barabanki. He next added that despite the Trial Court granted the bail in aforesaid matters, the applicant is still in jail. Being a poor person, he is unable to produce the sureties in each cases. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that in similar circumstances, namely, in the case of Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh [SLP (Crl.) No.8914-8915/2018] the Supreme Court vide order dated 29.10.2018 has permitted the petitioners to submit separate personal bonds and two sureties of heavy amount to hold good in all the cases. Referring the aforesaid judgement and order, he submits that the applicant may also be given the benefit of the ratio of the judgement passed in Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky (supra). Considering the aforesaid fact, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the applicant to furnish a personal bond of Rs.3,00,000/- and two sureties of the like amount in one case, which shall be treated to be valid in all other cases wherein the bail orders have been passed. Order Date :- 2.11.2023 AKS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench