Ravi Kumar v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail granted; POCSO Act Ss.7/8; IPC Ss.363, 366, 120-B (kidnapping, abduction, criminal conspiracy); Case Crime No.33 of 2020; Police Station Shadiyabad; District Ghazipur; applicant Ravi Kumar; main accused/co-accused Krishna Chandra Pandey; parity via co-accused bail order dated 22.06.2020 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.15502 of 2020; custody since 18.03.2020; A.G.A. opposition overruled by grant; bail conditions: no tampering/threatening witnesses, no adjournment undertaking, Section 229-A IPC for trial absence, Section 82 Cr.P.C. proclamation and Section 174-A IPC proceedings on misuse, compulsory presence at charge stage and Section 313 Cr.P.C. statement; Hon'ble Mrs. Sunita Agarwal, J.; decided 24.8.2020.
What did the court decide?
Applicant Ravi Kumar to be released on bail in Case Crime No.33 of 2020 on furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of the like amount, subject to additional conditions: (i) not to tamper with evidence or threaten witnesses; (ii) undertaking not to seek adjournments when witnesses are present, default to be treated as abuse of liberty of bail; (iii) presence before the trial court on each date fixed, absence without sufficient cause inviting proceedings under Section 229-A IPC; (iv) misuse of bail liberty attracting proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. and initiation of proceedings under Section 174-A IPC on failure to appear; (v) compulsory personal presence at opening of the case, framing of charge and recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C.