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Anshu Sisaudia v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC12 Apr 2019CRLR/3296/2018

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What is this about?

Court allowed criminal revision by the juvenile revisionist against bail rejection. Holding that seriousness of offence is not a ground to refuse juvenile bail under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act, the court set aside impugned orders and granted bail.

What did the court decide?

Impugned orders setting aside bail rejected set aside; juvenile released on bail in custody of father with two sureties and undertakings.

Anshu Sisaudia Vs State of U.P. and Another — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Allahabad HC (2019)

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Court No. - 23

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Case :- CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 3296 of 2018

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Revisionist :- Anshu Sisaudia Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Revisionist :- Rabindra Bahadur Singh,Janardan Prasad Tripathi

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Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Shri Krishna Lal

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Hon'ble Rajendra Kumar-IV,J.

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Heard Sri Janardan Prasad Tripathi, learned counsel for the revisionist, Sri Krishna Lal, learned counsel for the opposite party and learned AGA for the State.

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Record reveals that bail of juvenile-revisionist involved in Case Crime No. 1100 of 2017, under Sections 201, 302 I.P.C., P.S. Sadabad, District Hathras has been rejected by Juvenile Justice Board, Hathras vide order dated 21.3.2018.

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Appeal there-against has also been dismissed vide judgement and order dated 14.8.2018 passed by Sessions Judge, Hathras in Criminal Appeal No. 20 of 2018.

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Both the orders of Courts below are impugned in the present criminal revision.

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Learned counsel for the revisionist contended that the revisionist has been falsely implicated in the present case. No offence against the revisionist is made out and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. The juvenile-revisionist is in custody since 31.10.2017. He has been declared juvenile by order of Board which has been final. Juvenile-revisionist is not named in the F.I.R. and nothing has been recovered from his possession.

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Per contra, learned A.G.A. appearing for State opposed the

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prayer for bail and supported the orders of Courts below.

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As per prosecution story, juvenile-revisionist is alleged to have taken active participation with co-accused for committing murder of Ankul aged about 14 years. His name came into light during investigation.

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Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 provides the provisions as to when bail to a juvenile can be refused.

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"12 Bail of Juvenile.--(1) When any person accused of a bailable or non-bailable offence, and apparently a juvenile, is arrested or detained or appears or is brought before a board, such person shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or in any other law for the time being in force, be released on bail with or without surety or placed under the supervision of a Probation Officer or under the care of any fit institution or fit person but he shall not be so released if there appears reasonable grounds for believing that the release is likely to bring him into association with any known criminal or expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger or that his release would defeat the ends of justice.

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(2) When such person having been arrested is not released on bail under sub-section (1) by the officer in-charge of the police station, such officer shall cause him to be kept only in an observation home in the prescribed manner until he can be brought before a Board.

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(3) When such person is not released on bail under subsection(1) by the Board, it shall, instead of committing him to prison, make an order sending him to an observation home or a place of safety for such period during the pendency of inquiry regarding him as may be specified in the order."

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In view of the aforesaid provision, the bail application of the juvenile can be rejected only on the existence of the aforementioned grounds enumerated in Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act.

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Apart from it, in the case of Amit Kumar Vs. State of U.P.

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[2010 (71) ACC 209 (Alld)] and Naurang (minor) Vs. State of U.P. [2010 (71) ACC 255 (Alld) , this Court has observed that seriousness of offence is no ground to reject the bail to a juvenile.

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Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case and rival contention of learned counsel for the parties as well as perusal of records available on file, report of Probation Officer, there is no ground so as to justify the rejection of bail of juvenile under Section 12 of the said Act, therefore, the revision deserves to be allowed and is accordingly allowed and the impugned orders are hereby set aside.

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Let juvenile-revisionist- Anshu Sisaudia involved in Case Crime No. 1100 of 2017, under Sections 201, 302 I.P.C., P.S. Sadabad, District Hathras be released on bail in the custody of his father on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties before the Juvenile Justice Board concerned to its satisfaction and to file an undertaking that he will look after the juvenilerevisionist carefully and will not let him involve in any criminal case or associate with known or known criminals and shall produce him when and wherever, as directed, before Juvenile Justice Board or any other Court.

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Order Date :- 12.4.2019 Manoj

Anshu Sisaudia v. State of U.P. and Another

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