Smt. Manju Singhla v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14682 of 2023 Applicant :- Smt. Manju Singhla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Vivek Chandra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Supplementary affidavit filed by the learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record.

¶2Heard Sri Vivek Chandra, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Abhishek Kumar Singh, the learned State Law Officer appearing for the State and perused the record.

¶3The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 969 of 2022, under Section 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 109, 120-B I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶4The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 11.09.2022 against two named persons, not including the applicant, alleging that the informant had purchased a plot in the year 2013 but she was not delivered possession of the land.

¶5The applicant's criminal history of 20 other cases has been explained in Para 15 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application and in 17 of which he has been granted bail.

¶6The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused Shailendra Verma @ Shailendra Bahadur, Siddharth Garg @ Siddharth Nath Garg and Sanjay Singh Singla have already been granted bail by means of orders dated 31.01.2023,

13.07.2023 and 02.12.2023 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Applications Nos. 1558 of 2023, 1780 of 2023 and 6625 of 2023, respectively..

¶7The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer of the bail, but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter.

¶9Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the applicant has already been granted bail in 17 other cases of similar nature; that three co-accused persons have already been granted bail, coupled with the fact that he is languishing in jail since

03.06.2023; even charges have not been framed till date and without making any observations which may affect the merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant is also entitled to be released on bail.

¶10Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶11Let the applicant-Smt. Manju Singhla 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 the 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. Order Date :- 13.12.2023 Shravan High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench