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2010 Supreme(All) 3615

2010 (71) ACC 510
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
Virendra Singh, J.
Smt. Veena Verma - Petitioner
Vs.
State Of U.P. & Another - Respondent
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL CANCELLATION APPLICATION No. - 18501 of 2009
Decided on : 8.10.2010

Advocates appeared:
Petitioner Counsel:- Brijesh Sahai, Rajesh Kumar Srivastava
Respondent Counsel:- Govt. Advocate, Sm.G. Asghar

The court emphasized that bail should only be cancelled if the accused is found to be tampering with evidence, threatening witnesses, or misusing the liberty granted.

Headnote:

Bail Cancellation - Harassment and Blackmail - IPC 386, 511, 506, 509, IT Act 67 - The court discussed the parameters for grant of bail and cancellation of bail, emphasizing that the bail should not be cancelled unless the accused is found to be tampering with evidence, threatening witnesses, or misusing the liberty granted. The accused was found to be involved in a series of crimes even after being granted bail, including a heinous offense under section 376 IPC, leading to the cancellation of bail.

Fact of the Case:

The applicant sought cancellation of bail for the respondent who was accused of harassment, blackmail, and committing various offenses under IPC and IT Act. The respondent was found to be involved in a series of criminal activities even after being granted bail.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the accused had misused the liberty of bail by continuing to commit offenses and harassing the complainant, who was a witness against him. The court also noted that the accused had been charge-sheeted for a heinous offense under section 376 IPC, leading to the cancellation of bail.

Issues: The main issue was whether the bail granted to the accused should be cancelled due to his involvement in further criminal activities and the charge-sheeting for a heinous offense.

Ratio Decidendi: The court emphasized that the parameters for cancellation of bail are different from those for granting bail, and bail should only be cancelled if the accused is found to be tampering with evidence, threatening witnesses, or misusing the liberty granted. The accused's continued involvement in criminal activities and the charge-sheeting for a heinous offense led to the cancellation of bail.

Final Decision: The bail order dated 5.6.2009 was cancelled, and the accused was directed to be taken into custody forthwith.

JUDGMENT:

Virendra Singh, J.

Smt. Veena Verma, moved this application praying for cancellation of bail allowed to respondent No.2, Sanjay Chaudhari vide order dated 5.6. 2009 passed by Sri Suresh Kumar Srivastava, learned Sessions Judge, Budaun and to reject his bail bonds in Case Crime No. 04/2009, under Sections 386, 511, 506, 509 I.P.C and 67 Information Technology Act, Police Station Mahila Thana, District Badaun.

2. I have heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned counsel for respondent No.2 and learned A.G.A on behalf of respondent No.1, State of U.P.

3. It is contended on behalf of applicant that the applicant had lodged the First Information Report 0n 25.4.2009 at Case Crime No. 04/2009, under Sections 386, 511, 506, 509 I.P.C and 67 Information Technology Act, Police Station Mahila Thana, District Badaun stating therein that the respondent/ accused working as Manager in Urban Co-operative Bank, Badaun fraudulently got signed some blank papers from the applicant in respect to loan advanced to her for construction and thereafter he started harassing her and her husband thereby threatening to commit their murder and further sending some obscene SMS to her from his mobile and commenting obscene comments on her. The accused started blackmailing her thereby threatening to make pubic the obscene recordings of her on his phone. The accused demanded a sum of Rs.8 lacs from her, failing which he will commit the murder of her and her husband and will make public SMS on his phone. The accused is notorious, influential and having dominanency in the locality and criminal antecedents against him. There remained on record the clinching evidence against the accused making him positively involved in committing the aforesaid crimes but ignoring the evidence, the learned Sessions Judge arbitrarily and wrongly granted the bail to the accused vide impugned order dated 5.6.2009. After release on bail, the accused is intimidating/influencing the witnesses of the case including the applicant thereby giving an open threat that whosoever shall depose against him, will be killed.

4. It is further submitted that in the aforesaid case crime No.04/2009 the Investigating Officer has filed the charge sheet on 30.12.2009 against the accused in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budaun for the offence under section 386, 511, 506, 509 and 376 I.P.C and Section 67 Information Technology Act. It is also contended that previously on 22.9.2008 too, the accused was found indulged with the applicant for the offence under sections 420,352, 506,354 and 294 I.P.C in case crime No.2062 of 2008 registered against him wherein for the offence under section 294 I.P.C, he was enlarged on bail with this condition that he had not to repeat such offence. On 8.7.2009 again a case is registered against the accused at case crime No.1517 of 2009. Again in another F.I.R dated 13.9.2009 too, the accused was found committing a major incident at case crime No. 267 of 2009. On 28.9.2009 too, the accused was again found involved in another criminal activities at case crime No. 2692 of 2009. Thus, the accused had misused the impugned bail order dated 5.6.2009 by his involvement in criminal activities in a routine manner notoriously and professionally in his criminal back ground.

5. Learned A.G.A on behalf of State of U.P. supported the case of the applicant thereby contending that the respondent No.2 is harassing, torturing and blackmailing the applicant by different ways for which the applicant had lodged three First Information Reports against the accused. The accused frequently used to call the applicant even in odd hours of night, threatening her for dire consequence and sending her indecent MMS and threatening to run her indecent video even on all crossing of District Badaun. After being released on bail, the accused has misused the liberty of bail and again indulged himself in committing similar type of offence regarding which the case crime No. 1517 of






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