- Court
- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
- Decided
- 7 November 2023
- Bench
- Subhash Vidyarthi
- Case no.
- 13168/2023
Judgment
Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13168 of 2023 Applicant :- Manglu Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy.Civil Sectt. Lko Counsel for Applicant :- Sagar Singh,Shri Ram Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.
¶1Heard Sri Sagar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Rakesh Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records.
¶2The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.211 of 2022, under Sections 363/366 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Behta Muhawar, District Unnao.
¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 07.08.2022 alleging that the applicant had enticed away the informant's daughter aged about 16 years.
¶4In the statement of the victim recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. she has stated that she knows the applicant for the past one year and she had gone with the applicant out of her own freewill. In the medico legal examination report the age of the victim has been opined to be about 18 years.
¶5In the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. she reiterated her earlier version and she has categorically stated that the applicant has not committed any misdeed with her.
¶6In the affidavit filed in support of bail application it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history.
¶7The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter.
¶8Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has no previous criminal history and he is languishing in jail since
04.12.2022 and without making any observation, which may affect the merits of the case, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail in the aforesaid crime.
¶9Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.
¶10Let the applicant-Manglu be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal 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 tamper 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 :- 7.11.2023 Ram. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench
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