High Court Court No. 91 allowed bail application of Anuj Yadav in a case under U.P. Gangsters Act. The court released him on bail during partial lockdown with strict conditions to verify the online order later.
Release on bail with personal bond and two sureties to be arranged after courts resume normal functioning.
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Court No. - 91
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 40809 of 2020
Applicant :- Anuj Yadav Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mohit Kumar Singh,Sujata Choudhary Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Gautam Chowdhary,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material brought on record.
The present bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant Anuj Yadav with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 489 of 2020, under Sections 2/3 U.P. Gangsters and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, Police Station- New Mandi, District- Muzaffarnagar during pendency of trial.
The main submissions advanced on behalf of accused is that in the four cases which have been made the basis to impose the provisions of Gangsters Act against the accused, he has already been granted bail by the Court. Submission is that the applicant is not a gangster and has never acted or conducted himself as such. Further submission is that as the applicant has already been released on bail in all the cases on the basis of which the provisions of the Act were imposed, it shall not be much justified to continue the incarceration of the applicant. Submission is also that the applicant is not guilty of having committed any offence under the Gangster Act. It has been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required and is also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon him. It has also been submitted that the applicant is in jail since 19.11.2019.
Learned AGA for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.
Having considered the material on record, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India and the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Dataram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and another, reported in (2018) 3 SCC 22 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, let the applicant involved
in the aforesaid crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions that :-
In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.
Order Date :- 24.11.2020
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the applicant Anuj Yadav be released on bail in Crime No. 489 of 2020 while the Gangsters Act provisions are in force.
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