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2022 Supreme(Guj) 640

IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
NIKHIL S. KARIEL, J.
Sanjaybhai Manubhai Bhaliya – Appellant
Versus
State Of Gujarat – Respondent
R/Criminal Misc.Application No.16252 of 2021 With R/Criminal Misc.Application no. 5114 of 2022
Decided on : 13-06-2022

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : MR HRIDAY BUCH
For the Respondent: MR RATHIN P RAVAL, MR RONAK RAVAL, Adv

Headnote:

Indian Penal Code,1860 - Sections 302, 323, 504, 34, 143, 147, 148, 149 - Gujarat Police Act - Section 135 - Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 - Section-164 - Offence of murder – Criminal Intimidation - Applicant that the applicant herein was the first informant with the Jafrabad Police Station, Amreli on 16.11.2020 for offences punishable under Sections 302, 323, 504, 34, 143, 147, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 135 of Gujarat Police Act - Allegation as leveled in the FIR is that first informant, on date of incident at had received an information that his brother Bharat was involved in quarrel where upon first informant rush to spot in village where he found that his brothers as well as Sachin were being assaulted by the accused, five accused as named in FIR, present respondents no. 2 and 3 being the accused first informant further alleges that brothers of first informant, more particularly, his brother Bharat was being assaulted by accused with sticks and whereas the first informant and his brother Sachin had tried to intervene whereupon even they had been assaulted by the accused - It appears that said Bharat, had been taken to a nearby hospital where he had been declared dead - Alleging First Information Report came to be filed. Investigating Officer had filed charge sheet arraigned all five accused – Held, Court also notes that in the instant case, in case of accused no. 2, 3 and 5, the very same learned Sessions Court vide an order had rejected the bail application of the said accused and the said order had not been interfered by this Court. In view of such a circumstance, same Sessions Court, having gone ahead and granted bail to present respondents no. 2 and 3 i.e. accused no. 1 and 4, is in this considered opinion of this Court completely unjustifiable - Insofar as the submission made by learned Advocate that trial is at an advanced stage and canceling bail or quashing and setting aside order granting bail to respondents no. 2 and 3 would not serve any purpose, in the considered opinion of this Court, the primary aspect which is required to be seen while granting bail, in case of a cognizable offence is with regard to the role played by each of the accused and the nature & gravity of the accusation - In instant case, accused having prima facie played a vital role in causing the death of the deceased and allegation against the accused being that they had participated in assault with using sticks and the Post Mortem Report showing approximately 22 ante mortem injuries suffered by the deceased, in the considered opinion of Court also reflects on the perversity of the reasons stated in the order of learned Sessions Court granting bail to the respondents no. 2 and 3 which was completely unjustified and in view of such a scenario – Ordered Accordingly.

JUDGMENT :

1. Heard learned Advocate Mr. Hriday Buch on behalf of the applicant and learned APP Mr. Ronak Raval on behalf of the respondent-State, learned Advocate Mr. Rathin P. Raval on behalf of the respondents no. 2 and 3.

2. Issue Rule returnable forthwith. Learned APP Mr. Raval as well as learned Advocate Mr. Raval on behalf of the respondents no. 2 and 3 waive service of rule on behalf of the respondent-State and respondents no. 2 and 3 respectively.

3. With consent of the parties, the present application is taken for final decision.

4. By way of this application, the applicant challenges order dated 19.08.2021 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rajula in Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 164 of 2021 whereby the present respondents no. 2 and 3 who are original accused no. 1 and 4 have been enlarged on regular bail.

5. It is the case of the applicant that the applicant herein was the first informant in FIR no. 11193024201046 of 2020 registered with the Jafrabad Police Station, Amreli on 16.11.2020 for offences punishable under Sections 302, 323, 504, 34, 143, 147, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 135 of the Gujarat Police Act. The allegation as leveled in the FIR is that the first informant, on the date of the incident at around 10:30 pm had received an information that his brother Bharat was involved in quarrel where upon first informant rush to the spot in the village where he found that his brothers Bharat as well as Sachin were being assaulted by the accused, five accused as named in the FIR, the present respondents no. 2 and 3 being the accused no. 1-4. The first informant further alleges that brothers of the first informant, more particularly, his brother Bharat was being assaulted by the accused with sticks and whereas the first informant and his brother Sachin had tried to intervene whereupon even they had been assaulted by the accused. It appears that the said Bharat, had been taken to a nearby hospital where he had been declared dead. Thus, alleging the First Information Report came to be filed. Investigating Officer had filed the charge sheet arraigned all the five accused on 30.01.2021.

6. Learned Advocate Mr. Buch on behalf of the applicant would submit that originally accused no. 2, 3 and 4 had preferred Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 28 of 2021 before the learned Sessions Court, Amreli at Rajula and whereas vide an order dated 02.03.2021, the learned Sessions Court had been pleased to reject such application. Learned Advocate Mr. Buch would submit that the said order has been challenged by the applicants therein, accused no. 2 to 4 before this Court by preferring Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 5703 of 2021 and whereas learned Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide an order dated 09.08.2021 had permitted the applicants therein to withdraw the said application with liberty to file afresh before the learned Court below after the depositions of eye witnesses namely Mr. Sachin, Mr. Karan, Mr. Anil and Mr. Deva, which depositions are stated to be recorded by the learned Sessions Court.

6.1. Learned Advocate Mr. Buch would submit that in spite of the application for regular bail of the accused no. 2, 3 and 5 not being entertained by the learned Sessions Court and such order being not interfered by this Court, learned Sessions Court vide the order impugned, had released the present respondents no. 2 and 3 i.e. the accused no. 1 and 4 on regular bail vide order dated 19.08.2021. Learned Advocate Mr. Buch would take this Court through the reasonings of the learned Sessions Court and whereas it is submitted by learned Advocate Mr. Buch that the reasonings, by the learned Sessions Court reflect complete non-application of mind by the learned Sessions Court. It is submitted that the first informant is stated not to have witnessed the incident and whereas from a bare reading of the First Information Report it becomes clear that the first informant was a witness. It is also mentioned

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