HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22808 of 2024 Sanjay .....Applicant(s)

Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)

Counsel for Applicant(s) : Hanuman Prasad Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.

Court No. - 49 HON'BLE AJAY BHANOT, J.

Matter is taken up in the revised call. None appears on behalf of the applicant to press the bail application. The name of the learned counsel for the applicant is shown in the cause list.

This is the third bail application. The applicant is in jail since

12.10.2020.

The matter cannot be dismissed for non-prosecution in view of the judgement rendered by this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.18536 of 2020 (Maneesh Pathak v. State of U.P.). This Court also takes notice of some realities of criminal litigation in the State. Prisoners often do not have any control over the non appearance of their counsels in courts. A prisoner whose counsel fails to turn up before the Court when the bail is taken up for hearing, become a victim of undeserved want within the meaning of Section 12(e) of the Legal Services Authorities ('LSA') Act, 1987. Such prisoners cannot be bereft of legal aid and left to