Rani v. State of U.P.

Court No. - 54

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14271 of 2018

Applicant :- Rani Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mohd. Akbar Shah Alam Khan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Rahul Chaturvedi,J.

Heard Sri Mohd. Akbar Shah Alam Khan, learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record.

Contention raised at the Bar is that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. It has been further submitted that the only role of enticing away the victim girl has been attributed against the applicant in the statements recorded under sections 161

and 164 Cr.P.C., of the prosecutrix. The commission of rape has been attributed to the co-accused Gujjar, therefore, the role of the present applicant Rani is distinguishable from the role of the co-accused Gujjar. The applicant is in jail since 18.02.2018, without any criminal antecedent to his credit.

Learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts and the legal submissions as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant.

Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on