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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.
State - Appellant
Versus
Mohd. Naved @ Pilla - Respondent
Crl.MC. 1731 of 2020
Decided On : 05-01-2023




Cancellation of bail requires compelling evidence of misconduct or supervening circumstances affecting fairness of trial; mere subsequent offenses do not suffice.

Headnote:(A) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Sections 439(2) and 437(3) - Cancellation of bail - Application by State to cancel bail granted for murder charge based on new FIRs for other offenses - Conditions of bail not proven to be violated - High Court ruled that mechanical cancellation without supervening circumstances is unwarranted - Emphasized fairness in trial and presumption of innocence. (Paras 1-3, 6-7, 14-21)

(B) Legal Standards for Cancellation of Bail - Clear principles outlined that cancellation requires cogent circumstances, including interference with justice and abuse of bail. (Paras 10-12)

Facts of the case:
The State sought cancellation of bail granted for murder after the respondent was implicated in additional criminal activities, asserting misuse of bail conditions.

Findings of Court:
There was no proven violation of bail conditions, and subsequent FIRs were deemed unrelated to the original case, leading to a dismissal of the cancellation request.

Issues: Whether the granted bail should be canceled based on the respondent's subsequent criminal activities.

Ratio Decidendi: The court held that merely being charged with new offenses does not justify the cancellation of bail without clear evidence of misconduct or relevance to the original bail terms.

Result: Petition dismissed.

Table of Content
1. cancellation of bail application context (Para 1 , 2)
2. arguments against and in favor of bail cancellation (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
3. legal standards for canceling bail (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
4. court's review and analysis of bail conditions (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17)
5. court's findings on bail orders and implications (Para 18 , 19 , 20)
6. final ruling and dismissal of bail cancellation (Para 21 , 22)

JUDGMENT

Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.

1. The applicant/State has preferred the present application under Sections 439(2) read with 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ("Cr.P.C.") seeking cancellation of bail granted to accused/respondent Mohd. Naved@Pilla in case FIR No. 964/2015, registered at Police Station Sarai Rohilla, under Sections 302/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC").

2. The respondent was granted regular bail in the aforesaid case vide order dated 10.10.2018 by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, New Delhi in SC No.28312/2016 titled as "State vs. Mohd. Naved @ Peela".

3. The case of applicant is that the respondent Mohd. Naved @ Pilla misused the liberty granted by the Court and started getting involved in serious criminal activities and have flouted the conditions of bail. It is submitted by learned APP for State that while the respondent was out on bail, an FIR No. 211/2020, PS Sarai Rohilla, under Sections 394/427/506/34 of IPC was registered on 11.06.2020 against the respondent and his family members for robbing the shop of a person namely Akhlakh, who stated that one Mohd. Sadkeen used to took eatables from his shop without paying the same and when he raised his voice against it, Mohd. Sadkeen started beating him and he was joined by his family members including the respondent herein, and all of them then destroyed his shop. Further, when complainant went to the police station to register his complaint regarding the said incident, the accused persons pelted the stones at the police officials also. Learned APP for State submits that on the same day, another FIR No. 210/2020, PS Sarai Rohilla, under Sections 186/353/307/34 of IPC and Sections 27 and 54 of the Arms Act, 1959 was also registered against the respondent on the complaint of SI Pankaj Thakaran who was posted as I/C PP Inderlok, wherein he stated that while he was addressing the dispute among the parties, the respondent started verbally abusing the police officers and he was even carrying a gun while he entered the premises and had fired shots. He also stated that respondent along with the other accused persons attacked the staff posted at PP Inderlok in which he sustained injuries.

4. Learned APP for the State submits that the respondent has flouted the conditions of bail by committing new offences while on bail. It is argued that is trite law that when the court lay down the conditions of bail, there are certain inherent conditions attached to the bail order as specified in Section 437(3) Cr.P.C while granting bail to the accused involved in commission of heinous crimes. Such inherent conditions include condition which would deter the accused from committing an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or of the commission of which he is suspected during the period of bail.

5. It is further stated by learned APP that the trial court erred in granting bail to the accused/respondent by taking irrelevant materials into consideration, in view of which, the order granting bail is liable to be set aside.

6. No one appeared before this Court to argue the matter on behalf of respondent/accused. On earlier occasions also, there has been an irregular appearance of the learned counsel for respondent. In view of the same, the contentions of the respondent/accused are being taken from the reply filed on his behalf. The contentions of learned counsel for respondent are that the basic principal of grant of bail is on different footing then of cancellation of bail, and that overwhelming circumstance

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