Manoj Kumar vs State Of Himachal Pradesh on 28 July, 2025

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Himachal Pradesh High Court

Manoj Kumar vs State Of Himachal Pradesh on 28 July, 2025

Author: Sandeep Sharma

Bench: Sandeep Sharma

             IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA

                                                                Cr. MP (M) No.1486 of 2025




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                                                              Date of Decision: 28.07.2025





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    Manoj Kumar                                                                      ...Petitioner
                                                Versus





    State of Himachal Pradesh                                                    ...Respondent
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    Coram:
    The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.





    Whether approved for reporting?1
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    For the Petitioner:                          Mr. Bhupinder Singh Ahuja and Mr.
                        r                        Dikken Kumar Thakur, Advocates.

    For the Respondent:                           Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar

                                                  and   Mr.   B.C.Verma,    Additional
                                                  Advocate Generals, with Mr. Ravi
                                                  Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General.
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    Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

Bail petitioner namely, Manoj Kumar, who is behind

the bars since 15.02.2024, has approached this Court in the instant

proceedings filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik

Suraksha Sanhita, for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.26 of

2024, dated 15.02.2024, under Sections 20 and 25 of the NDPS

Act, registered at police Station Banjar, District Kullu, Himachal

Pradesh.

2. Pursuant to the direction passed by this Court,

respondent-State has filed status report and SI/SHO Chander

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Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

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Shekhar has come present with record. Record perused and

returned.

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3. Close scrutiny of the status report/record reveals that

on 15.02.2024, police party present near nakka laid at Dooru

Ghartgad, at 8.25 PM, stopped car bearing registration No. HP-64-

A-4260 for checking. Since driver of the vehicle, who was

otherwise alone in the vehicle, got perplexed after having seen the

police and started making excuses, police deemed it necessary to

effect his personal search as well as his car and allegedly

recovered one packet containing 1.141 Kgs. of charas in the

presence of independent witnesses. Since, no plausible

explanation ever came to be rendered on record qua possession of

aforesaid commercial quantity of contraband, police, after having

completed necessary codal formalities, lodged the FIR, as detailed

hereinabove and since then, bail petitioner is behind the bars.,

Prior to filing the petition at hand, petitioner had approached this

Court earlier also, but said petition was withdrawn with liberty to file

afresh at appropriate stage. Since within a span of more than one

year, prosecution has not been able to examine even a single

witness, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant

proceedings, praying therein for grant of regular bail on the

ground of inordinate delay in conclusion of the trial.

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4. While fairly admitting factum with regard to filing of the

challan in the competent Court of law, Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned

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Additional Advocate General, states that though nothing remains to

be recovered from the bail petitioner, but keeping in view the

gravity of offence alleged to have been committed by him, he does

not deserve any leniency. He states that since commercial quantity

of contraband has been recovered from the conscious possession

of the petitioner in the presence of independent witnesses, rigours

of Section 37 of the Act are attracted and as such, present petition

deserves outright dismissal.

5. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and

perused material available on record, this Court is not persuaded

to agree with learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has

been falsely implicated because material adduced on record

clearly reveals that commercial quantity of contraband was

allegedly recovered from the conscious possession of the

petitioner in the presence of independent witnesses. However,

having taken note of the fact that bail petitioner is behind the bars

for more than one year five months, but till date, prosecution has

not been able to examine single witness, this Court is persuaded to

consider the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for grant of

bail on the ground of inordinate delay in conclusion of trial.

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6. No doubt, rigours of Section 37 of the Act are attracted

in the case at hand on account of recovery of commercial quantity

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of contraband from the conscious possession of the bail petitioner,

but careful perusal of Section 37 of the Act, nowhere suggests that

there is complete bar under aforesaid provision of law to grant bail

in cases involving commercial quantity, rather bare reading of

section 37 clearly reveals that Court can proceed to consider the

prayer made, if any, for grant of bail in the cases involving

commercial quantity, but for that purpose, Court is to first afford

opportunity of hearing to the public prosecutor and in case it is

satisfied that person concerned has been falsely implicated and

there is no likelihood of his indulging in illegal trade again, it can

proceed to grant bail in the cases involving commercial quantity of

contraband. In the instant case, there is nothing to suggest that in

past, case under NDPS Act stands registered against the petitioner

and as such, mere recovery of commercial quantity of contraband,

which is yet to be proved in accordance with law, cannot be

sufficient to conclude that in the event of his being enlarged on

bail, petitioner would again indulge in these activities. Though,

aforesaid aspect of the matter is required to be considered and

decided by the trial Court, in the totality of evidence collected on

record by the investigating agency, but keeping in view the

aforesaid aspect of the matter, this Court sees no reason to let the

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bail petitioner incarcerate in jail for an indefinite period during trial,

especially when he has already suffered for more than one year

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five months.

7. Leaving everything aside, this Court cannot lose sight

of the fact that bail petitioner is behind the bars for more than one

year five months and till date, prosecution has not been able to

examine single witness. Though, learned Additional Advocate

General attempted to argue that Court below has already fixed

the date for recording the statements of prosecution witnesses on

02.08.2025, but such fact, if any, may not be of much relevance

as far as prayer for grant of bail made on behalf of the petitioner on

the ground of inordinate delay in conclusion of trial is concerned

because it took almost one year for the prosecution to get the date

for recording the statements of prosecution witnesses, as such this

Court has reason to believe and presume that considerable time is

likely to be consumed in the conclusion of trial and in case,

petitioner is left to incarcerate for indefinite period during trial, that

would amount to pretrial conviction, which is otherwise not

permissible in law.

8. By now, it is well settled that speedy trial is legal right

of the accused and one cannot be made to suffer indefinitely for

delay in trial and as such, this Court sees no reason to keep the

bail petitioner behind the bars for indefinite period during trial.

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Delay in trial has been held to be in violation of the right

guaranteed under Article 21 of Constitution of India. Reliance is

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placed on judgment passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in case

titled Umarmia Alias Mamumia v. State of Gujarat, (2017) 2 SCC

731, relevant para whereof has been reproduced herein below:-

“11. This Court has consistently recognised the right of the accused for a speedy trial.
Delay in criminal trial has been held to be in violation of the right guaranteed to an
accused under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. (See: Supreme Court Legal Aid

Committee v. Union of India, (1994) 6 SCC 731; Shaheen Welfare Assn. v. Union of
India
, (1996) 2 SCC 616) Accused, even in cases under TADA, have been released on
bail on the ground that they have been in jail for a long period of time and there was no
likelihood of the completion of the trial at the earliest. (See: Paramjit Singh v. State (NCT
of Delhi
), (1999) 9 SCC 252 and Babba v. State of Maharashtra, (2005) 11 SCC 569).”

9.
rHon’ble Apex Court having taken note of inordinate

delay in conclusion of trial in similar facts ordered for enlargement

of accused on bail in Nitish Adhikary @ Bapan v. The State of

West Bengal, Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 5769 of 2022

decided on 1.8.2022 and in Abdul Majeed Lone v. Union

Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Special Leave to Appeal (Crl)

No. 3961 of 2022, decided on 1.8.2022, who were also framed

under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and were

behind the bars for approximately two years and there was no

likelihood of conclusion of trial in near future, subject to certain

conditions.

10. Placing reliance upon aforesaid judgments, a Co-

ordinate Bench of this Court in CrMP(M) No. 1328 of 2022 titled

Roop Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh, decided on 6.9.2022,

also ordered for enlargement of an accused, who was allegedly

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apprehended carrying commercial quantity of Tramadol, on the

ground of delay in conclusion of trial.

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11. Apart from above judgment, Co-ordinate Bench of this

Court while granting bail vide order dated 22.3.2021 in CrMP(M)

No. 35 of 2021 titled Ajay Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh,

also placed reliance upon a judgment delivered by a three-Judge

Bench in Cr. Appeal No. 668 of 2020 titled Amrit Singh Moni v.

State of Himachal Pradesh, decided on 12.10.2020, wherein

petitioner was allegedly found in possession of 3285 grams of

charas from a vehicle, wherein four other persons were sitting.

12. Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner, to

substantiate his plea for enlarging the petitioner on bail, has

referred to order dated 12.10.2020 passed by a three judges

Bench of the Supreme Court, in Criminal Appeal No. 668 of 2020,

titled Amrit Singh Moni v. State of Himachal Pradesh, whereby

petitioner therein, facing trial for recovery of 3.285 kilograms

charas from a vehicle, alongwith four other persons, was enlarged

on bail, for having been in detention for 2 years and 7 months, as

till then out of 14 witnesses, 7 witnesses were yet to be examined

and last witness was examined in February, 2020 and, thereafter,

there was no further progress in the trial.

13. Learned Additional Advocate General, while referring

to judgment of a three Judges Bench of Supreme Court, passed on

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19.7.2022 in Narcotics Control Bureau v. Mohit Aggarwal

contends that period of detention cannot be a ground for enlarging

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the petitioner on bail.

14. The learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner

submits that in Mohit Aggarwal, huge commercial quantity of 20

kilograms of Tramadol, against minimum commercial quantity of

250 grams, was recovered, whereas, in the present case, the

recovered quantity is little more than the commercial quantity.

15. In similar circumstances, in Cr.MP(M) No. 1255 of

2022, titled Puran Chand v. State of Himachal Pradesh, decided

on 28.7.2022, another Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, having

taken note of inordinate delay in conclusion of trial, ordered

enlargement on bail of the person, who was apprehended with

1.996 kg of charas.

16. Hon’ble Apex Court in Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh

Vs. State of Maharashtra and Another, Criminal Appeal No.2787

of 2024, decided on 03.07.2024, adversely commented upon the

approach of trial Court as well as High Court while considering the

prayer for grant of bail. In the aforesaid judgment, Hon’ble

Supreme Court having taken note of the fact that appellant in that

case was in jail for last four years and Court till that date was not

able to frame charges, proceeded to enlarge accused on bail in a

case registered under the provisions of Unlawful Activities

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(Prevention) Act, 1967. In no uncertain terms, Hon’ble Apex Court

in aforesaid judgment held that, however serious a crime may be,

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an accused has right to speedy trial, as enshrined in Article 21 of

the Constitution of India. Relevant Paras of aforesaid judgment are

reproduced hereinbelow, which read as under:

“7. Having heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties
and having gone through the materials on record, we are inclined to

exercise our discretion in favour of the appellant herein keeping in
mind the following aspects:

(i) The appellant is in jail as an under-trial prisoner past four years;

(ii) Till this date, the trial court has not been able to even proceed to

frame charge; and

(iii) As pointed out by the counsel appearing for the State as well as
NIA, the prosecution intends to examine not less than eighty
witnesses.

8. Having regard to the aforesaid, we wonder by what period of

time, the trial will ultimately conclude. Howsoever serious a crime may
be, an accused has a right to speedy trial as enshrined under the
Constitution of India.

9. Over a period of time, the trial courts and the High Courts have
forgotten a very well settled principle of law that bail is not to be

withheld as a punishment.

10. In the aforesaid context, we may remind the trial courts and
the High Courts of what came to be observed by this Court in

Gudikanti Narasimhulu & Ors. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court
reported in (1978) 1 SCC 240. We quote:

“What is often forgotten, and therefore warrants reminder, is
the object to keep a person in judicial custody pending trial or
disposal of an appeal. Lord Russel, C.J., said [R v. Rose,
(1898) 18 Cox] :

“I observe that in this case bail was refused for the
prisoner. It cannot be too strongly impressed on the,
magistracy of the country that bail is not to be withheld as
a punishment, but that the requirements as to bail are
merely to secure the attendance of the prisoner at trial.”

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11. The same principle has been reiterated by this Court in
Gurbaksh Singh Sibba v. State of Punjab reported in (1980) 2 SCC
565 that the object of bail is to secure the attendance of the accused

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at the trial, that the proper test to be applied in the solution of the

question whether bail should be granted or refused is whether it is
probable that the party will appear to take his trial and that it is
indisputable that bail is not to be withheld as a punishment.

12. Long back, in Hussainara Khatoon v. Home Secy., State of
Bihar
reported in (1980) 1 SCC 81, this court had declared that the
right to speedy trial of offenders facing criminal charges is “implicit in
the broad sweep and content of Article 21 as interpreted by this

Court”. Remarking that a valid procedure under Article 21 is one which
contains a procedure that is “reasonable, fair and just” it was held that:

“Now obviously procedure prescribed by law for depriving
a person of liberty cannot be “reasonable, fair or

just”unless that procedure ensures a speedy trial for

determination of the guilt of such person. No procedure
which does not ensure a reasonably quick trial can be
regarded as “reasonable, fair or just” and it would fall foul
of Article 21. There can, therefore, be no doubt that

speedy trial, and by speedy trial we mean reasonably
expeditious trial, is an integral and essential part of the
fundamental right to life and liberty enshrined in Article21.

The question which would, however, arise is as to what
would be the consequence if a person accused of an

offence is denied speedy trial and is sought to be deprived
of his liberty by imprisonment as a result of along delayed

trial in violation of his fundamental right under Article 21.”

13. The aforesaid observations have resonated, time and again, in
several judgments, such as Kadra Pahadiya & Ors. v. State of Bihar
reported in (1981) 3 SCC 671 and Abdul Rehman Antulay v. R.S.
Nayak
reported in (1992) 1 SCC 225. In the latter the court re-
emphasized the right to speedy trial, and further held that an accused,
facing prolonged trial, has no option:

“The State or complainant prosecutes him. It is, thus, the
obligation of the State or the complainant, as the case
maybe, to proceed with the case with reasonable
promptitude. Particularly, in this country, where the large
majority of accused come from poorer and weaker sections of

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the society, not versed in the ways of law, where they do not
often get competent legal advice, the application of the said
rule is wholly inadvisable. Of course, in a given case, if an

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accused demands speedy trial and yet he is not given

one,may be a relevant factor in his favour. But we cannot
disentitle an accused from complaining of infringement of his
right to speedy trial on the ground that he did not ask for or

insist upon a speedy trial.”

14. In Mohd Muslim @ Hussain v. State (NCT of Delhi) reported
in 2023INSC 311, this Court observed as under:

“21. Before parting, it would be important to reflect that laws

which impose stringent conditions for grant of bail,may be
necessary in public interest; yet, if trials are not concluded in
time, the injustice wrecked on the individual is immeasurable.
Jails are overcrowded and their living conditions, more often

than not, appalling. According to the Union Home Ministry’s

response to Parliament, the National Crime Records Bureau
had recorded that as on 31stDecember 2021, over 5,54,034
prisoners were lodged in jails against total capacity of
4,25,069 lakhs in the country. Of these 122,852 were

convicts; the rest 4,27,165 were undertrials.

22. The danger of unjust imprisonment, is that inmates are at
risk of “prisonisation” a term described by the KeralaHigh

Court in A Convict Prisoner v. State reported in 1993Cri LJ
3242, as “a radical transformation” whereby the prisoner:

“loses his identity. He is known by a number. He loses
personal possessions. He has no personal relationships.

Psychological problems result from loss of freedom,status,
possessions, dignity any autonomy of personal life. The
inmate culture of prison turns out to be dreadful. The
prisoner becomes hostile by ordinary standards. Self-
perception changes.”

23. There is a further danger of the prisoner turning to crime,
“as crime not only turns admirable, but the more professional
the crime, more honour is paid to the criminal”(also see
Donald Clemmer’s ‘The Prison Community’ published in
1940). Incarceration has further deleterious effects – where
the accused belongs to the weakest economic strata:

immediate loss of livelihood, and in several cases, scattering

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of families as well as loss of family bonds and alienation from
society. The courts therefore,have to be sensitive to these
aspects (because in the event of an acquittal, the loss to the

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accused is irreparable), and ensure that trials – especially in

cases, where special laws enact stringent provisions, are
taken up and concluded speedily.”

15. The requirement of law as being envisaged under Section 19

of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (hereinafter being
referred to as “the 2008 Act”) mandates that the trial under the Act of
any offence by a Special Court shall be held on day-to-day basis on all
working days and have precedence over the trial of any other case

and Special Courts are to be designated for such an offence by the
Central Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High
Court as contemplated under Section 11 of the 2008.

16. A three-Judge Bench of this Court in Union of India v. K.A.

Najeeb reported in (2021) 3 SCC 713] had an occasion to consider

the long incarceration and at the same time the effect of Section 43-
D(5) of the UAP Act and observed as under : (SCC p. 722, para 17)
“17. It is thus clear to us that the presence of statutory
restrictions like Section 43-D(5) of the UAPA per se does not

oust the ability of the constitutional courts to grant bail on
grounds of violation of Part III of the Constitution. Indeed,both
the restrictions under a statute as well as the powers

exercisable under constitutional jurisdiction can be well
harmonised. Whereas at commencement of proceedings,the

courts are expected to appreciate the legislative policy
against grant of bail but the rigours of such provisions will

melt down where there is no likelihood of trial being
completed within a reasonable time and the period of
incarceration already undergone has exceeded a substantial
part of the prescribed sentence. Such an approach would
safe-guard against the possibility of provisions like Section
43-D(5) of the UAPA being used as the sole metric for denial
of bail or for wholesale breach of constitutional right to
speedy trial.”

17. In the recent decision, Satender Kumar Antil v. Central
Bureau of Investigation
reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51, prolonged
incarceration and inordinate delay engaged the attention of the court,
which considered the correct approach towards bail, with respect to
several enactments, including Section 37 NDPS Act. The court
expressed the opinion that Section 436A (which requires inter alia the

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accused to be enlarged on bail if the trial is not concluded within
specified periods) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973would apply:

“We do not wish to deal with individual enactments as each
special Act has got an objective behind it, followed by the

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rigour imposed. The general principle governing delay would
apply to these categories also. To make it clear, the provision

contained in Section 436-A of the Code would apply to the
Special Acts also in the absence of any specific provision.
For example, the rigour as provided under Section 37 of the
NDPS Act would not come in the way in such a case as we

are dealing with the liberty of a person. We do feel that more
the rigour, the quicker the adjudication ought to be. After all,
in these types of cases number of witnesses would be very
less and there may not be any justification for prolonging the
trial. Perhaps there is a need to comply with the directions of
this Court to expedite the process and also a stricter

compliance of Section 309 of the Code.”

18. Criminals are not born out but made. The human potential in
everyone is good and so, never write off any criminal as beyond
redemption. This humanist fundamental is often missed when dealing
with delinquents,juvenile and adult. Indeed, every saint has a past and
every sinner a future. When a crime is committed, a variety of factors

is responsible for making the offender commit the crime. Those factors

may be social and economic, maybe, the result of value erosion or
parental neglect; may be, because of the stress of circumstances, or
the manifestation of temptations in a milieu of affluence contrasted
with indigence or other privations.

19. If the State or any prosecuting agency including the court
concerned has no wherewithal to provide or protect the fundamental

right of an accused to have a speedy trial as enshrined under Article
21
of the Constitution then the State or any other prosecuting agency
should not oppose the plea for bail on the ground that the crime
committed is serious. Article 21 of the Constitution applies irrespective
of the nature of the crime.”

17. Hon’ble Apex Court as well as this Court in catena of

cases have repeatedly held that one is deemed to be innocent till

the time guilt, if any, of his/her is not proved in accordance with

law. In the case at hand also, guilt, if any, of the accused is yet to

be proved in accordance with law, by leading cogent and

convincing material on record and as such, his incarceration for

indefinite period is clear cut violation of Fundamental Right

guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

Apprehension expressed by the learned Additional Advocate

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General that in the event of petitioner’s being enlarged on bail, he

may flee from justice, can be best met by putting the bail petitioner

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to stringent conditions as has been fairly stated by the learned

counsel for the petitioner.

18. Hon’ble Apex Court in Criminal Appeal No. 227/2018,

Dataram Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr decided on

6.2.2018 has held that freedom of an individual cannot be curtailed

for indefinite period, especially when his/her guilt is yet to be

proved. It has been further held by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the

aforesaid judgment that a person is believed to be innocent until

found guilty.

19. Hon’ble Apex Court in Sanjay Chandra versus

Central Bureau of Investigation (2012)1 Supreme Court Cases

49 has held that gravity alone cannot be a decisive ground to deny

bail, rather competing factors are required to be balanced by the

court while exercising its discretion. It has been repeatedly held by

the Hon’ble Apex Court that object of bail is to secure the

appearance of the accused person at his trial by reasonable

amount of bail. The object of bail is neither punitive nor

preventative.

20. In Manoranjana Sinh alias Gupta versus CBI,

(2017) 5 SCC 218, Hon’ble Apex Court has held that the object of

the bail is to secure the attendance of the accused in the trial and

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the proper test to be applied in the solution of the question whether

bail should be granted or refused is whether it is probable that the

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party will appear to take his trial. Otherwise also, normal rule is of

bail and not jail. Apart from above, Court has to keep in mind

nature of accusations, nature of evidence in support thereof,

severity of the punishment, which conviction will entail, character of

the accused, circumstances which are peculiar to the accused

involved in that crime.

21. The Apex Court in Prasanta Kumar Sarkar versus

Ashis Chatterjee and another (2010) 14 SCC 496, has laid down

various principles to be kept in mind, while deciding petition for bail

viz. prima facie case, nature and gravity of accusation, punishment

involved, apprehension of repetition of offence and witnesses

being influenced.

22. In view of the aforesaid discussion as well as law laid

down by the Hon’ble Apex Court, petitioner has carved out a case

for grant of bail, accordingly, the petition is allowed and the

petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail in aforesaid FIR,

subject to his furnishing personal bond in the sum of Rs.2,00,000/-

with two local sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of

concerned Chief Judicial Magistrate/trial Court, with following

conditions:

(a) He shall make himself available for the purpose of
interrogation, if so required and regularly attend the trial Court

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on each and every date of hearing and if prevented by any
reason to do so, seek exemption from appearance by filing
appropriate application;

(b) He shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence nor hamper

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the investigation of the case in any manner whatsoever;

(c) He shall not make any inducement, threat or promises to any
person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade
him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or the Police
Officer; and

(d) He shall not leave the territory of India without the prior
permission of the Court.

23. It is clarified that if the petitioner misuses the liberty or

violates any of the conditions imposed upon him, the investigating

agency shall be free to move this Court for cancellation of the bail.

24. Any observations made hereinabove shall not be

construed to be a reflection on the merits of the case and shall

remain confined to the disposal of this application alone. The

petition stands accordingly disposed of.

25. The petitioner is permitted to produce copy of the

order downloaded from the High Court Website and the trial court

shall not insist for certified copy of the order, however, it may verify

the order from the High Court website or otherwise.

(Sandeep Sharma)
Judge
July 28,2025
(shankar)

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