Pintu @ Tej Bahadur Tiwari v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko.
Case brief
What is this about?
Third bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. rejected by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Brij Raj Singh, J.; order dated 29.5.2024; Neutral Citation 2024:AHC-LKO:40851) in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 493 of 2024. Applicant Pintu @ Tej Bahadur Tiwari, in custody since 03.08.2022 (~21 months), sought bail in Case Crime No.370 of 2022 under Sections 364, 302, 201, 394 and 411 IPC, PS Kotwali Dehat, District Sultanpur. Prior bail applications were rejected on merits (19.12.2022, Bail Application No.13328 of 2022) and as not pressed (16.10.2023, Bail Application No.12253 of 2023). With only P.W.-1 of eleven witnesses of fact examined, the Court held there was no good ground for bail at that stage and directed the trial court to expedite the trial without unnecessary adjournments. No precedents were cited.
What did the court decide?
At this stage there is no good ground to enlarge the applicant on bail: the grounds available to the applicant were already considered by this Court while rejecting the first bail application, and of eleven witnesses of fact only P.W.-1 has been examined by the trial court. The bail application is accordingly rejected.