Allahabad High Court
KHARPATTU CHAUHANversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
- Bench
- JAI PRAKASH TIWARI
Holding
The court allowed the bail application, granting bail subject to bond, sureties and conditions.
Summary
Kharpattu Chauhan was arrested in connection with Crime No. 0411 of 2025 under Section 316(5) BNS and filed a bail application claiming innocence and alleging false implication. The applicant offered to pay Rs. 3,46,009.57 to the informant within two months after release. The State opposed the bail but did not dispute the factual matrix. The court, after weighing the nature of the offence, the evidence, the alleged complicity and the severity of punishment, held that bail could be granted during the pendency of trial subject to a personal bond, two sureties and specific conditions. The order expressly limited its observations to the bail application and did not prejudice the merits of the trial.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the accused under Section 316(5) of the Criminal Procedure Code during the pendency of trial.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 316(5)
Subjects
- bail
- Criminal Procedure Code
- Section 316
- sureties
- conditions of bail
- trial pendency
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 23704 of 2026
Kharpattu Chauhan
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Suneel Kumar Yadav
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 70
HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and
perused the record.
The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on
bail in Case Crime No. 0411 of 2025, under Section 316(5) BNS, Police
Station Bardah, District Azamgarh, during the pendency of trial.
It is argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is
innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior
motive. Criminal history of the applicant has been duly explained in para
11 of the bail application. At this stage, learned counsel for the applicant
has drawn the attention of the Court to para '2' of the supplementary
affidavit filed on behalf of the applicant to submit that applicant is ready
and willing to pay the amount of Rs. 3,46,009.57/- to the informant within
two months after his release on bail. The applicant is languishing in jail
since 17.5.2026 and in case they are released on bail, they will not misuse
the liberty of bail.
Per contra, learned AGA, however, opposed the prayer for bail, but could
not dispute the above facts.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the
accused, severity of the punishment, and submissions of learned counsel
for the parties, this Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be
enlarged on bail during the pendency of the trial. Accordingly, without
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expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail
application is allowed.
Let the applicants-Kharpattu Chauhan be released on bail in the
aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the
like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following
conditions:-
(i) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the dates fixed,
unless his personal presence is exempted.
(ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make inducement, threat
or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to
dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or any police officer
or tamper with the evidence.
(iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social
activity.
In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution will be at
liberty to move an application before this Court for cancellation of the
bail of the applicant.
It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts
brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and
the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case
during trial.
(Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.)
September 9, 2026
Brijesh
Digitally signed by :-
BRIJESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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