2023 Supreme(Online)(All) 23990
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
TAHSIN BEGUM AND 2 ORS – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF U.P – Respondent
ABAIL 2089/2020
Court No. - 77
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438
CR.P.C. No. - 2089 of 2020
Applicant :- Tahsin Begum And 2 Ors
Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- D.M.Tripathi
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J.
Heard Mr. D.M. Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. Pankaj
Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State as well as perused the record.
The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the
applicants in Case Crime No.724 of 2019, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307,
341, 323, 224, 225, 336, 504, 506, 333, 332, 353 I.P.C & Section 7 Criminal
Law Amendment Act, Police Station-Dhoomanganj, District-Prayagaraj, with a
prayer to enlarge them on anticipatory bail.
On 28.02.2020, the following order was passed:-
"Heard Sri D.M.Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri B. A. Khan, learned
A.G.A. for the State.
This anticipatory bail application has been moved seeking bail in Case Crime No. 724 of
2019, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 341, 323, 224, 225, 336, 504, 506, 33, 332, 353
I.P.C. and under Section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act, Police Station Dhoomanganj,
District Prayagraj (Allahabad), during the pendency of trial.
As per the F.I.R., the informant who is a Sub-Inspector had gone to place of occurrence in
order to arrest the accused of Case Crime No. 210 of 2019, under Section 3/5/8 of Cow
Slaughter Act and Section 11 of Animal Cruelty Act and when the accused of the aforesaid
case namely, Nurain was arrested, the accused applicants who are named in the F.I.R. along
with other co-accused who are not named in the F.I.R., are said to have got the said accused
freed from the custody of police and in the process they are stated to have assaulted the police
party by lathi-danda and even firing was also made.
The submission of the learned counsel for the applicants are that the accused applicants have
been falsely implicated in the present case; they have not been assigned any specific role; no
injury is caused to anyone. The co-accused namely, Hasnain, Mahtab Alam, Mohd. Aasif and
Mohd. Sabir @ Sakib have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court. copies of
orders have been annexed at page nos. 54 to 57 of the paper book. They are apprehending
imminent arrest by the police.They have no criminal history. If released on bail they would
not misuse the liberty and would co-operate with the investigation.
Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the prayer for granting anticipatory bail to the
accused applicant.
List this case on 20.04.2020, and by the said date, counter affidavit be filed from the side of
learned A.G.A.
Taking into consideration the gravity of accusation, there being no criminal antecedents of
the applicant and there being no possibility of his fleeing from justice, without expressing any
opinion on the merits of the case, the applicant is entitled to be released on interim
anticipatory bail in this case.
In the event of arrest of the applicant Tahsin Begum, Rohi and Roofiya involved in Case
Crime No. 724 of 2019, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 341, 323, 224, 225, 336, 504, 506,
33, 332, 353 I.P.C. and under Section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act, Police Station
Dhoomanganj, District Prayagraj (Allahabad), he shall be released on interim anticipatory
bail during investigation till the date fixed, on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 25,000/-
with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the
police station concerned on the on the following conditions:
1. that the applicants shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as
and when required;
2. that the applicants shall not, directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise
to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing
such facts to the court or to any police officer or tamper with t