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Sherkhan v. State of U.P.

Allahabad HC7 Jul 2021BAIL/9294/2021

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What is this about?

In this bail application under the U.P. Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities Act, the court released the applicant on bail. The court emphasized及时处理, imposed strict conditions to secure presence and discourage cosmetic misconduct, and allowed release without sureties initially, contingent on the restoration of normal court functioning.

What did the court decide?

Release on bail via personal bond without initial sureties, conditional on subsequent furnishing of sureties and abiding by strict attendance conditions.

Sherkhan Vs State of U.P. — Bail and Remand | Allahabad HC (2021)

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Court No. - 67

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9294 of 2021

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Applicant :- Sherkhan Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rahul Singh Dahiya Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Rahul Chaturvedi,J.

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Heard Sri Rahul Singh Dahiya, learned counsel for the applicant through virtual mode as well as learned AGA and perused the record.

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By means of this application, the applicant who is involved in case crime no. 798 of 2020, under Sections 2/3 U.P. Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (prevention) Act, 1986, P.S. Gulavathi, District- Bulandshahr is seeking enlargement on bail during the trial.

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Learned counsel for the applicant in support of his application for bail submits that the applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated. It is further submitted that the gang chart shows that there are two cases to the credit of the applicant. It is further contended that on account of previous animosity with the police, the local police has fastened the frivolous cases one after the another just to harass the applicant. It has lastly been submitted that the applicant is in jail since 25.12.2020.

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Learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail and submits that the gang chart shows only two cases against the applicant but there are four more cases which are not mentioned in the gang chart. However, in all the four cases the applicant is on bail.

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The Court would not take the judicial note of the fact, as canvassed by learned AGA at the stage of bail, that in addition to two cases shows in the gang chart, the applicant has got four more cases to his credit. Though in all the cases he has been bailed out. The Court has time and again shown his resentment to such type of practice by preparing incomplete gang chart.

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The submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant, prima facie, quite appealing and convincing for the purpose of bail only.

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Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the

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parties and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicant has made out a fit case for bail.

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Let the applicant Sherkhan , be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions which are being imposed in the interest of justice:-

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(i) THE APPLICANT SHALL FILE AN UNDERTAKING TO THE EFFECT THAT HE/SHE SHALL NOT SEEK ANY ADJOURNMENT ON THE DATE FIXED FOR EVIDENCE WHEN THE WITNESSES ARE PRESENT IN COURT. IN CASE OF DEFAULT OF THIS CONDITION, IT SHALL BE OPEN FOR THE TRIAL COURT TO TREAT IT AS ABUSE OF LIBERTY OF BAIL AND PASS ORDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.

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(ii) THE APPLICANT SHALL REMAIN PRESENT BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT ON EACH DATE FIXED, EITHER PERSONALLY OR THROUGH HIS/HER COUNSEL. IN CASE OF HIS/HER ABSENCE, WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE, THE TRIAL COURT MAY PROCEED AGAINST HIM/HER UNDER SECTION 229-A IPC.

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(iii) IN CASE, THE APPLICANT MISUSES THE LIBERTY OF BAIL DURING TRIAL AND IN ORDER TO SECURE HIS/HER PRESENCE PROCLAMATION UNDER SECTION 82 CR.P.C., MAY BE ISSUED AND IF APPLICANT FAILS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COURT ON THE DATE FIXED IN SUCH PROCLAMATION, THEN, THE TRIAL COURT SHALL INITIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM/HER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, UNDER SECTION 174-A IPC.

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(iv) THE APPLICANT SHALL REMAIN PRESENT, IN PERSON, BEFORE THE TRIAL COURT ON DATES FIXED FOR (1) OPENING OF THE CASE, (2) FRAMING OF CHARGE AND (3) RECORDING OF STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 313 CR.P.C. IF IN THE OPINION OF THE TRIAL COURT ABSENCE OF THE APPLICANT IS DELIBERATE OR WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE, THEN IT SHALL BE OPEN FOR THE TRIAL COURT

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TO TREAT SUCH DEFAULT AS ABUSE OF LIBERTY OF BAIL AND PROCEED AGAINST THE HIM/HER IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.

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(v) THE TRIAL COURT MAY MAKE ALL POSSIBLE EFFORTS/ENDEAVOUR AND TRY TO CONCLUDE THE TRIAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE APPLICANT.

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In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail.

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It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses.

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Since the bail application has been decided under extra-ordinary circumstances, thus in the interest of justice following additional conditions are being imposed just to facilitate the applicant to be released on bail forthwith. Needless to mention that these additional conditions are imposed to cope with emergent condition-:

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The applicant shall be enlarged on bail on execution of personal bond without sureties till normal functioning of the courts is restored. The accused will furnish sureties to the satisfaction of the court below within a month after normal functioning of the courts are restored.

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The party shall file computer generated copy of such order downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad.

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The computer generated copy of such order shall be self attested by the counsel of the party concerned.

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The concerned Court/Authority/Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall make a declaration of such verification in writing.

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However, it is made clear that any wilful violation of above conditions by the applicant, shall have serious repercussion on his/her bail so granted by this court and the trial court is at liberty to cancel the bail, after recording the reasons for doing so, in the given case of any of the condition mentioned above.

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Order Date :- 7.7.2021/Nisha

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