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Aryan Mishra v. State of Up and Another

Allahabad HC21 Aug 2024ABAIL/5604/2024

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The Court granted anticipatory bail to the applicant in an IPC case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 406, and 120-B on the ground of parity with a co-accused already granted bail. The court imposed standard conditions including cooperation with investigation and appearance in court.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail granted with conditions of personal bond, sureties, and compliance with standard bail terms.

Aryan Mishra vs State of Up and Another — Anticipatory Bail | Allahabad HC (2024)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:134078

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Court No. - 68

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 5604 of 2024

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Applicant :- Aryan Mishra Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Abhijit Mishra,Raj Kumari Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Sanjeev Kumar Pandey

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Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.

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Heard Sri Abhijit Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sanjeev Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Ashutosh Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State as well as perused the record.

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The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Case Crime No. 39 of 2024, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 406, 120-B of IPC, Police Station - Bewar, District - Mainpuri, with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail.

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At the very outset, learned counsel for the applicant has claimed parity with the co-accused Mohit Kumar, who has already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application u/s 438 Cr.P.C. No. 4838 of 2024 vide order dated 28.05.2024. Since the case of the applicant is at par with the co-accused who has already been granted anticipatory bail, the applicant is also entitled for the same on the ground of parity. Learned counsel has also stated that the applicant has no criminal history.

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The prayer for anticipatory bail has been vehemently opposed by learned AGA. However, the aforesaid factual aspects of the parity to the co-accused and also the fact of no criminal history assigned to the applicant, have not been disputed by him.

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, evidence on record, pending trial and in the light of the judgement passed by this Court in Nanha S/o Nabhan Kha vs. State of U.P., 1993 Crl.L.J. 938 and the judgement passed by the Supreme Court in Paras Ram Vishnoi vs. The Director, Central Bureau of

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Investigation, MANU/SCOR/22410/2021 coupled with the judgement of Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another reported in 2022 SCC OnLine SC 825 , without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be granted anticipatory bail in this case. The bail application is allowed on the ground of parity.

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In the event of arrest of the applicant, Aryan Mishra, involved in the aforesaid case crime number, shall be released on anticipatory bail till the conclusion of trial on furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Presiding Officer/Court Concerned, with the conditions that:-

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i. that the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required;

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ii. that 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 him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; iii. that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court;

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iv. that in case, the charge-sheet is submitted, the applicant shall not tamper with the evidence during the trial;

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v. that the applicant shall not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness;

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vi. that the applicant shall appear before the trial court on each date fixed unless personal presence is exempted;

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In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the court concerned shall have the liberty to cancel the anticipatory bail of the applicant.

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It is made clear that observations made in granting anticipatory 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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Order Date:- 21.8.2024 Siddhant

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(Justice Krishan Pahal)

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Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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