Single judge allowed bail to the applicant Mithun Paswan charged under the U.P. Gangster Act, noting he was already on bail in related gang chart cases and had no criminal history outside thereof. Bail granted subject to standard conditions.
Released on bail by furnishing a personal bond and two sureties subject to specific conditions.
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Court No. - 41
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32075 of 2018
Applicant :- Mithun Paswan Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Hari Narayan Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Aniruddha Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that according to gang chart, three cases had been shown against accused applicant and he is on bail. The applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. He is languishing in jail since 10.5.2018 (near about three and half months) and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial. It is further submitted that no bail cancellation application has been moved till today regarding the cases shown in the gang chart.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail and admitted that there is no criminal history against the applicant except the gang chart and further he could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by learned counsel for the applicant.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, provision for initiation of cases and release of the accused in U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of punishment, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
Let the applicant Mithun Paswan involved in Case Crime No. 561 of 2018, under Section 3(1) U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, Police Station Khorabar, District - Gorakhpur be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions:
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail.
Order Date :- 23.8.2018
A. Singh
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the applicant is entitled to bail in proceedings under the U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Mithun Paswan
Aniruddha Singh
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