Common bail order in two applications arising from a murder case where a burnt body was found. The court considered a co-accused's confession implicating the applicants in a pre-planned killing and the applicants' lack of criminal history.
Release of applicants on bail subject to personal bond and two reliable sureties each.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:64394
Court No. - 12
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4504 of 2024
Applicant :- Anuj Sahu Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Shakti Krishna Chaube,Pragati Tiwari,Prashant Dubey,Praveen Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
WITH
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5203 of 2024
Applicant :- Shaktimaan Sahu Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Lucknow Counsel for Applicant :- Praveen Tripathi, Pragati Tiwari, Prashant Dubey, Shakti Krishna Chaube Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.
by the said Vikrant along with the applicants that they would kill some unknown person and burn his body and make it appear that Vikrant has died and thereafter the said Vikrant would live without anyone suspecting and, anyone seeking to recover any dues along with one lady with which the said Vikrant was having an affair.
Crime Number subject to their furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:
(a) The applicants shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings;
(b) The applicants shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and
(c) The applicants 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 them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
Order Date :- 18.9.2024 VNP/-
Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench
2 issues framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to applicants charged with conspiracy to kill and burn a body under sections 302, 201, and 120B IPC.
Whether the confessional statement of the co-accused prima facie weakly links the applicants to the offence justifying denial of bail.
Anuj Sahu
Shaktimaan Sahu
State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko.
Pankaj Bhatia
As recorded by the court registry
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