Nathuni Kumar @ Chait vs State of U.P.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 38862 of 2025

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Nathuni Kumar @ Chait

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.....Applicant(s)

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		Versus
State of U.P.				.....	Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	:	Aashirwad Mishra	Mishra,	Sanjay	Kumar
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	:	G.A.
Court No.- 67

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HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

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List has been revised.

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Heard Sri Sanjay Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri V.K.S. Parmar, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record.

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Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 71 of 2025, under Sections 103(1), 3(5) of BNS, Police Station - Ravindra Nagar Dhoos, District - Khusinagar, during the pendency of trial.

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As per the version of FIR, the informant's sister Geeta called him and stated that his brother was lying near the road on 4.5.2025 at about10:30 AM. The informant rushed there and found his brother dead at the place of occurrence and was told by the villagers that the deceased person has been put to death by the applicant on account of his illicit relationship with the wife of applicant

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Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. The FIR is delayed by about 15 hours and there is no explanation of the said delay caused.

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Learned counsel has also stated that there is no eye witness of the incident. The FIR has been instituted on the basis of speculation only. The

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applicant is languishing in jail since 05.05.2025, having no criminal history to his credit. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and shall cooperate with trial.

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Per contra, learned AGA has vehemently opposed the bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant and also the fact that the applicant has no criminal history.

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The well-known principle of "Presumption of Innocence Unless Proven Guilty," gives rise to the concept of bail as a rule and imprisonment as an exception. A person's right to life and liberty, guaranteed by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, cannot be taken away simply because the person is accused of committing an offence until the guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt. Article 21 of the Indian Constitution states that no one's life or personal liberty may be taken away unless the procedure established by law is followed, and the procedure must be just and reasonable. The said principle has been reiterated by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, 2022 (10) SCC 51 . Learned AGA could not bring forth any exceptional circumstances which would warrant denial of bail to the applicant.

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It is a settled principle of law that the object of bail is to secure the attendance of the accused at the trial. No material particulars or circumstances suggestive of the applicant fleeing from justice or thwarting the course of justice or creating other troubles in the shape of repeating offences or intimidating witnesses and the like have been shown by learned AGA.

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The said viewpoint was shared in Nagendra Nath Chakrabarthi v. King-Emperor AIR 1924 Cal 476; Emperor v. Hutchinson AIR 1931 All 356; K. N. Joglekar v. Emperor AIR 1931 All 504; Sanjay Chandra v. Central Bureau of Investigation AIR 2012 SC 830; Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons, In re. (2017) 10 SCC 658; State Of Rajasthan Vs. Balchand AIR 1977 SC 2447; and Ashim vs. National Investigation Agency (2022) 1 SCC 695) .

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Reiterating the aforesaid view, the Supreme Court in the case of

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Manish Sisodia Vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 , has again emphasized that the very well-settled principle of law that bail is not to be withheld as a punishment is not to be forgotten. It is high time that the Courts should recognize the principle that " bail is a rule and jail is an exception ".

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, delay in lodging the FIR and also considering the fact that there is no eye-witness of the incident coupled by the fact that the FIR has been instituted on basis of suspicion only, prima facie I find it a fit case to release the applicant on bail. The bail application is allowed .

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Let the applicant- Nathuni Kumar @ Chait , who is involved in aforementioned case 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 subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified.

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i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial.

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ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses.

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iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed.

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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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(Krishan Pahal,J.)

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November 13, 2025 Siddhant

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

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