Sonu v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Court granted bail to applicant Sonu, falsely implicated in kidnapping and POCSO charges. Directed trial court to expedite trial within six months citing Apex Court precedent.
What did the court decide?
Released on bail with personal bond and two sureties; trial to be concluded within six months.
What the court decided
Court No. - 55
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 28877 of 2018
Applicant :- Sonu Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Lav Srivastava,Purushottam Dixit Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Singh,J.
Counter affidavit filed by the learned A.G.A. today in the Court is taken on record.
Heard Sri Purushottam Dixit, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Anirudh Sharma, learned A.G.A. appearing for the State.
learned counsel for the applicant submitted that although the applicant is not named in the F.I.R. He further submitted that applicant has not committed any offence and he has been falsely implicated in the present case, due to some ulterior motive. It is also submitted that Jaikaran is the main accused, who is responsible for kidnapping of the victim and there seems to be no role of the applicant in the present case. The statement of the applicant recorded on 22.04.2018, which has been annexed as annexure-2 with this bail application. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed forth before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused has also been touched upon at length. It has been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to co-operate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the Court whenever required. It has also been submitted that the applicant is languishing in jail since 29.04.2018. It has been pointed out that the applicant has no criminal history.
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to the applicant falsely implicated in a kidnapping and POCSO case.
Whether the trial court should be directed to expedite the trial proceedings.
Parties & counsel
- applicant
Sonu
- respondent
State Of U.P.
Coram
Vivek Kumar Singh
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Allahabad HC
- Decided on
- · September
- Registered
- Case no.
- BAIL/28877/2018
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