Court No. 80 allowed bail to Anuj Shukla in a criminal case involving cheating and forgery allegations. The court found it a fit case for bail, referencing an Apex Court judgment, and granted release on personal and surety bonds subject to standard conditions.
Released on bail in Personal bond and two reliable sureties each of the like amount.
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Court No. - 80 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 25563 of 2019
Applicant :- Anuj Shukla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Prashant Sharma,Narendra Singh Chahar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ajit Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.
This is a bail application on behalf of the applicant in connection with Case Crime No.632 of 2019, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC, P.S. Phase-3, District Gautam Buddh Nagar.
Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The present accused is working in a News channel, known as Nation Live which is being run unauthorizely. Neither applicant is the proprietor nor Director of Nation Live News Channel and he has nothing to do with the alleged crime. All the offences have been committed by the owners of the News Channel. Offence is triable by the Magistrate. He further submitted that the co-accused Anshul Kaushik having similar role, has already been enlarged on bail vide order dated 19.7.2019 passed by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.26004 of 2019. Lastly, he submitted that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 9.6.2019 and in case, he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial.
Learned AGA has opposed the bail plea.
Considering the overall facts and circumstances, the nature of allegations, the gravity of offence, the severity of the punishment, the evidence appearing against the accused and considering the judgment of Apex Court in the case of Data Ram Vs. State of U.P. and others reported in 2018(3) SCC 22 but without expressing any opinion on merits, this Court finds it to be a fit case for bail.
Accordingly, the bail application stands allowed .
Let the applicant Anuj Shukla be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:-
i) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence.
ii) The applicant shall not threaten or harass the prosecution witnesses.
iii) The applicant shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court.
iv) The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which the applicant is accused, or suspected of the commission.
v) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade such person from disclosing facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
Order Date :- 23.7.2019 Mini
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the applicant is entitled to bail in the present case involving offences under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC.
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Data Ram Vs. State of U.P. and othersReferred¶8
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