Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC-LKO:66280

Court No. - 28

Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9927 of 2023

Applicant :- Ram Veer Purohit

Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Home U.P. Govt. Civil Sectt.

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Counsel for Applicant :- Neeraj Rastogi

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J.

Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the

State and perused the material placed on record.

By means of the instant applicant, the applicant has prayed that

this Court may be pleased to direct the learned Court below not

to insist the petitioner to file separate sureties and bonds in each

and every cases and accept only two sureties and one personal

bond in lieu of all the seven cases.

The learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that it

has become impossible for the applicant to submit separate

sureties and bonds in each of cases, in which, he has been

granted bail. He added that the applicant has been granted bail

in all the seven cases arising out of following Case Crime

Numbers:-

(1) Case Crime No. 232/2022, Under Section-406, 420, 506,

504, 120B, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C, Police Station- Banthra, District

Lucknow.

(2) Case Crime No. 430/2022, Under Section-409, 420 IPC,

Police Station- Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow.

(3) Case Crime No. 549/2022, Under Section-409, 420 IPC,

Police Station- Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow.

(4) Case Crime No. 228/2022, Under Section-467, 471, 468,

120B IPC, Police Station- Alambagh, District Lucknow.

(5) Case Crime No. 385/2022, Under Section-419, 420, 467,

468, 471 IPC, Police Station- Ashiyana, District Lucknow.

(6) Case Crime No. 155/2022, Under Section-406, 467, 468,

420, 409, 471 IPC, Police Station- Husainganj, District

Lucknow.

(7) Case Crime No. 383/2022, Under Section-406, 420, 409

IPC, Police Station- Sarojni Nagar, District Lucknow.

He next added that despite the Trial Court granted the bail in

aforesaid matters, the applicant is still in jail. Being poor

person, he is unable to produce the sureties in each cases. It is

further submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that in

similar circumstances, namely, in the case of Hani Nishad @

Mohammad Imran @ Vikky vs. State of Uttar Pradesh

[SLP (Crl.) No.8914-8915/2018] the Supreme Court vide order

dated 29.10.2018 has permitted the petitioner to submit separate

personal bonds and two sureties of heavy amount to hold good

in all the cases.

Referring the aforesaid judgement and order, he submits that

the applicant may also be given the benefit of the ratio of the

judgement passed in Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @

Vikky vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (supra).

Considering the aforesaid fact, the petition is disposed of with a

direction to the applicant to furnish a personal bond of

Rs.200,000/- and two sureties of the like amount in one case,

which shall be treated to be valid in all other cases wherein the

bail orders have been passed.

Order Date :- 11.10.2023

Manoj K.

Digitally signed by :-

MANOJ KUMAR

High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,

Lucknow Bench