Sanjai Singh Singhla v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Civil Sectt. Lko

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15074 of 2023 Applicant :- Sanjai Singh Singhla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Civil Sectt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Vivek Chandra,Manish Arora Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Vivek Chandra, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ajay Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the State and perused the record.

¶2The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 10 of 2023, under Section 420, 406, 447, 467, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., registered at Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki.

¶3The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 04.01.2023 against two named persons, including the applicant, alleging that the informant had purchased a plot in the year 2013 but he was not delivered possession of the land.

¶4The applicant's criminal history of 25 other cases has been explained in Para 16 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail application and in 17 of which he has been granted bail.

¶5The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused Anant Ram Dubey, Antim Shukla and Smt. Manju Singh Singla have already been granted bail by means of orders dated 16.11.2023, 16.10.2023 and 19.10.2023 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Applications Nos. 4390 of 2023, 12269 of 2023 and 12433 of 2023 respectively..

¶6The learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer of the bail, but he could not dispute the aforesaid aspects of the matter.

¶7Having 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

03.06.2022 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.

¶8Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed.

¶9Let the applicant-Sanjai Singh Singla 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 :- 20.12.2023 Pradeep/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench