2023 Supreme(Online)(RAJ) 12586
HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN
MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL
DINESH KUMAR SON OF SHRI VISHVESHWARLAL – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF RAJASTHAN – Respondent
CRLMB/17339/2022
BAIL CAN BE GRANTED EVEN IN SERIOUS CASES CONSIDERING FACTORS SUCH AS LACK OF CRIMINAL ANTECEDENTS, LENGTH OF CUSTODY, AND LIKELIHOOD OF DELAY IN TRIAL.
Headnote:
BAIL - SECTION 439 CRPC - OFFENCES UNDER SECTIONS 143, 341, 323 & 509 OF IPC - COURT ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION - CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF ALLEGATIONS, INJURY REPORTS, STATEMENTS OF INJURED, LENGTH OF CUSTODY, ABSENCE OF CRIMINAL ANTECEDENTS, AND LIKELIHOOD OF DELAY IN TRIAL, COURT GRANTED BAIL.
Fact of the Case:
PETITIONERS WERE ARRESTED FOR OFFENCES UNDER SECTIONS 143, 341, 323 & 509 OF IPC, LATER EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SECTIONS 341, 323, 324, 307 & 509/34 OF IPC. THEY WERE ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AND INJURING NEIGHBORS DURING A MINOR SCUFFLE.
Finding of the Court:
THE COURT NOTED THE NATURE OF ALLEGATIONS, INJURY REPORTS, STATEMENTS OF INJURED, LENGTH OF CUSTODY, ABSENCE OF CRIMINAL ANTECEDENTS, AND LIKELIHOOD OF DELAY IN TRIAL.
Issues: WHETHER THE PETITIONERS SHOULD BE GRANTED BAIL CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF OFFENCES, INJURIES INFLICTED, AND LIKELIHOOD OF DELAY IN TRIAL.
Ratio Decidendi: THE COURT HELD THAT DESPITE THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE ALLEGATIONS, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER, THE PETITIONERS WERE ENTITLED TO BAIL CONSIDERING THEIR LACK OF CRIMINAL ANTECEDENTS, LENGTH OF CUSTODY, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF DELAY IN TRIAL.
Final Decision: THE COURT GRANTED BAIL TO THE PETITIONERS SUBJECT TO FURNISHING PERSONAL BONDS AND COMPLYING WITH CONDITIONS UNDER SECTION 437(3) CRPC.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN
BENCH AT JAIPUR
S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 17339/2022
1.
Dinesh Kumar Son Of Shri Vishveshwarlal, Aged About 32
Years, Ward No. 2 Mohalla Nayakan, Khandela, District
Sikar (Presently In Sub Jail Nim Ka Thana)
2.
Mithelesh Kumar Son Of Shri Vishveshwarlal, Aged About
27 Years, Ward No. 2 Mohalla Nayakan, Khandela, District
Sikar (Presently In Sub Jail Nim Ka Thana)
----Applicants/Accused
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp.
----Non-Applicant
For Petitioner(s)
:
Mr. Ashok Mishra
For Respondent(s)
:
Mr. Riyasat Ali, PP
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL
Order
11/01/2023
The present bail application has been filed under Section 439
Cr.P.C. The petitioners have been arrested in connection with FIR
No.489/2022 registered at Police Station Khandela, District Sikar
for the offence(s) under Section(s) 143, 341, 323 & 509 of I.P.C.
and later on for the offence under Sections 341, 323, 324, 307 &
509/34 of IPC.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that they have
falsely been implicated in this case. He submits that the parties
are neighbour and injuries were result of some minor scuffle.
Leaned counsel submits that the petitioners are in custody since
11.11.2022, investigation as against them is complete, trial of the
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[CRLMB-17339/2022]
case will take time, they have no criminal antecedents and prays
for their release on bail.
Learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application.
Taking into consideration the submissions advanced by
learned counsel for the petitioners, nature of allegations against
them, material contained in the case diary especially, the injury
reports of S/Shri Anil Kumar & Sanjay Kumar and their statements
recorded under Section 161 CrPC wherein, the injured Sanjay
Kumar has levelled specific allegation against co-accused Sunil
Kumar of inflicting stab wounds which have been found to be
dangerous to life, their length of custody, absence of criminal
antecedents and the fact that the trial of the case may take time;
but, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this
Court deems it just and proper to enlarge the petitioners on bail.
Accordingly, the bail application is allowed and it is directed
that accused-petitioners
Dinesh Kumar Son Of Shri
Vishveshwarlal & Mithelesh Kumar Son Of Shri
Vishveshwarlal shall be released on bail under Section 439
Cr.P.C. in connection with afore-mentioned FIR registered at
concerned Police Station, provided them furnish a personal bond
in the sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lac only) together with
two sureties in the sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand
only) each to the satisfaction of the trial Court with the stipulation
that they shall comply with all the conditions laid down under
Section 437(3) Cr.P.C.
(MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL),J
PRAGATI/16