Sanjai Singh Singhla v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Lucknow

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15185 of 2023 Applicant :- Sanjai Singh Singhla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Lucknow 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 as well as Smt. Parul Kant, the 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. 557 of 2022, under Sections 419, 420, 447, 427, 467, 468, 471 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 10.06.2022 against two named persons, including the applicant and an unknown persons, 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 19 of which he has been granted bail.

¶5The learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that co-accused persons namely Surendra Kumar Yadav, Antim Shukla, Awnish Pandey and Vikas Singh have already been granted bail by this court.

¶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 19 other cases of similar nature; that a co-accused person has 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-Sanjay 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. . (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Order Date :- 21.12.2023 Ram. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench