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2012 Supreme(All) 1549

[2012(7) ADJ 258]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : RAMESH SINHA, J.
Smt. SUMAN SRIVASTAVA ....Applicant
Versus
STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER ....Respondents
(Criminal Misc. Application No. 20700 of 2012, decided on 20th June, 2012)

Advocates:
Counsel :
Sanjay Kumar Singh for the Applicant; G.A. for the Respondents.

Headnote:Criminal Procedure Code, 1973—Sections 482 and 164—(Indian) Penal Code, 1860—Sections 376, 119, 354, 323 and 120-B—Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000—Section 23—Bail—Prayer for—Interim bail—FIR lodged under Section 376—However, after investigation charge-sheet submitted under Sections 119, 354, 323, IPC and 23 of Act—Cognizance—Bail granted by ACJM—Committed to Court of Session—Trial Court found that offence under Sections 376 and 120-B alongwith offence under Sections 354, 119, 323 and Section 23 of Act prima facie made out against applicant—Trial Court passed summoning order—No prayer can be granted under Section 482 of Cr.P.C.—As application summoned to surrender for offence it is of aggravated nature—Applicant was granted bail by ACJM for minor offence—Now, nature of offence altered in view of Supreme Court’s judgment in Prahlad Singh Bhati’s case—Applicant is not entitled to bail. [Paras 2 and 5]

       Result; Application Dismissed.

       

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble Ramesh Sinha, J.—Heard Sri Sanjay Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.

The prayer of the applicant in the present 482 Cr.P.C. application is being quoted below:

“It is, therefore, Most Respectfully Prayed that this Hon’ble Court may graciously be pleased to direct the Court of Additional District Judge-23, Allahabad to permit the applicant to remain on bail under newly added Section 376 and 120-B I.P.C. on furnishing fresh bail bond to the satisfaction of the Court or in alternatively direct the trial Court to consider and dispose of the bail application of the applicant on the same day, in case it is not possible on the same day, grant interim bail to the applicant on her personal bond till the disposal of her bail application in newly added Sections 376 and 120-B I.P.C. of S.T. No. 495 of 2012 (Case Crime No. 64 of 2012) Police Station Shivkuti, District Allahabad, otherwise irreparable loss and injury shall occur to the applicant”

2. Brief facts of the case are that a First Information Report was lodged on 5.4.2012 by opp. party No. 2, Smt. Urmila Gupta, Superintendent, Government Child Home (Shishu) (who is at present in jail), Police Station-Shivkuti, District-Allahabad against one Vidya Bhushan Ojha, which was registered as Case Crime No. 64 of 2012, under Section 376 I.P.C., Police Station-Shivkuti, District-Allahabad. After investigation, the Investigating Officer submitted chage-sheet on 20.5.2012 against ten persons including the applicant. The chage-sheet was submitted against the applicant for offence under Sections 119, 354, 323 I.P.C. and 23 of Juvenile Justice Act. Thereafter, the applicant alongwith the other co-accused persons were summoned by the A.C.J.M., Court No. 8, Allahabad on 30.5.2012, who took cognizance of the offence. The applicant, thereafter, appeared before the Court below and was granted bail by the Court of A.C.J.M., Court No. 8, Allahabad for the offence in case crime No. 64 of 2012, under Sections 354, 119, 323 I.P.C. and Section 23 of Juvenile Justice Act, Police Station-Shivkuti, District-Allahabad vide order dated 2.6.2012.The case was committed to the Court of Session by the Magistrate. The co-accused Vidya Bhushan Ojha, Smt. Urmila Gupta and Smt. Rampati were detained in jail, hence they were produced before the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 23, Allahabad in S.T. No. 495 of 2012 (State v. Vidya Bhushan Ojha), Police Station-Shivkuti, District-Allahabad, on which the trial Court heard the prosecution as well as the counsel for all the accused persons wanted in the case including the counsel on behalf of the applicant on the question of charge. The trial Court while hearing on the point of charge on the basis of the material collected during investigation and in the case diary on the basis of which the chage-sheet was submitted against the applicant alongwith the other co-accused persons, found that the offence under Sections 376 and 120B I.P.C. alongwith the offence under Sections 354, 119, 323 I.P.C. and Section 23 of Juvenile Justice Act prima facie was made out against the applicant. The trial Court vide order dated 12.6.2012 has passed an order summoning the applicant alongwith the other co-accused persons to surrender and appear before it.

3. It has been contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that as the chage-sheet was submitted against the applicant for offence under Sections 354, 119, 323 I.P.C. and Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice Act and she has been bailed out by the Magistrate vide order dated 2.6.2012 and there being no evidence available against the applicant for which charges can be framed against her for the offence under Sections 376 and 120B I.P.C., she may be allowed to furnish fresh bail bonds in the newly added Sections, i.e., 376 and 120B I.P.C. or in alternative the trial Court may be directed to consider and dispose of the bail application of the applicant on the same day or g







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