IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH
Chandra Kumar Songara, J.
Kishore - Petitioner
Versus
State of Rajasthan and Ors. - Respondents
S.B. Criminal Bail Cancellation Application No. 233 of 2022
Decided On : 15-02-2023
| Table of Content |
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| 1. application for cancellation of bail (Para 1) |
| 2. arguments for cancelling bail based on alleged involvement (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. court's evaluation of bail decision and scrutiny of evidence (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 4. dismissal of bail cancellation application (Para 9) |
ORDER :
Chandra Kumar Songara, J.
Instant application has been preferred under Section 439 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking cancellation of bail granted to the accused-respondent Nos.2 and 3, namely Devi Shankar and Kuldeep, under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. by this Court in S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No.17253/2022 vide its impugned order dated 29.11.2022, in F.I.R. No.101/2022 registered at Police Station Mantown District Sawai Madhopur for offences punishable under Sections 143 , 323, 341, 307, 302 and 120-B of INDIAN PENAL CODE .
2. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner (father of the deceased) that while granting anticipatory bail to the accused-respondents, the informant/complainant had no objection, as the matter was amicably settled between the parties. It is further submitted that in the statement recorded before Investigating Officer under Section 161 of Cr.P.C., the father of the deceased, who is petitioner in the present application, has stated that the accused respondent Nos.2 and 3 are involved in the alleged crime, inspite of that, the complainant stated about the settlement of case. It is also submitted that the aforementioned offences have been committed by the accused-respondent Nos.2 and 3 with other co-accused-persons. During the course of arguments, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner (father of the deceased), has also drawn attention of this Court towards the Police Statement of Banwari. Therefore, the present application be allowed and the liberty of anticipatory bail, so granted to the accused-respondents by this Court, be cancelled.
3. Learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the State has strongly opposed the bail cancellation application.
4. Heard. Perused the material made available on record.
5. In Prabhakar Tewari v. State of U.P. and Others., 2020 (2) Cr.L.R. S.C. 472, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held as under :-
6. Undisputedly, the accused-respondent Nos.2 and 3 namely, Devi Shankar and Kuldeep have been granted anticipatory bail under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. by this Court on 29.11.2022 in the presence of learned counsel for the petitioner/accused and the complainant. As per aforesaid order, the accused-respondents were not named in the F.I.R., have no criminal antecedents and the parties have settled their dispute amicably, as the learned counsel for the complainant pleaded no objection, while granting anticipatory bail to the accused-respondents.
7. Furthermore, in the present case, the accused-respondent Nos.2 and 3 were not named in the F.I.R. As per F.I.R., complainant- Rajkumar is an eye-witness, who himself sustained injuries in the alleged incident, Bhuddhi inflicted injury on the deceased-Veeru Bagariya with sword on his head, Vijay Rana inflicted injury on the face of deceased with sword and again Bhuddhi inflicted injury on the deceased's face. As per Post-Mortem-Report of the deceased, the cause of
Maulana Mohammed Amir Rashadi v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2012) 2 SCC 382
Non-fulfilment of the terms of a compromise cannot be the basis for cancelling bail, as per the judgments in Biman Chatterjee vs. Sanchita Chatterjee and Another and Amr Chouhan @ Amar Singh Chouhan ....
The court emphasized the need for supervening circumstances or overwhelming evidence to warrant cancellation of bail, and highlighted the importance of not interfering with personal liberty without s....
Cancellation of bail requires clear justification and cannot be done mechanically without considering supervening circumstances.
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