Madhya Pradesh High Court
Girraj Singh @ Mahendra Singh Yadav vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 30 August, 2019
Author: Sheel Nagu
Bench: Sheel Nagu
1 M.Cr.C. No. 34513/19
THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH
M.Cr.C. No.34513/2019
(Girraj Singh @ Mahendra Singh Yadav Vs. State of M.P.)
Gwalior, Dated: 30.08.2019
Shri Vivek Jain, learned counsel for the applicant.
Shri S.S.Rajput, Public Prosecutor for the respondent/State.
Case dairy is perused.
Learned counsel for the rival parties are heard. Applicant has filed this first application u/S. 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail.
Applicant apprehends arrest in connection with offence punishable u/S.353, 332, 294, 506 and 34 of IPC registered as Crime No.231/2019, by Police Station Kumbhraj, District Guna.
Learned Panel Lawyer for the State opposed the application and prayed for its rejection by contending that on the basis of the allegations and the material available on record, no case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out.
Applicant apprehends arrest in respect of aforesaid offences where allegation of assaulting Gram Rozgar Sahayak who has sustained minor injury. The incident took place due to some complaint made by the applicant against the Gram Rozgar Sahayak and therefore, impulse more than intent seem to lay in the foundation of the entire incident can not be ruled out.
Considering the above and looking to the fact that applicant has no criminal antecedent, this Court is inclined to extend the benefit of anticipatory bail to the applicant.
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Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to allow this application u/S. 438 of Cr.P.C. in the following terms.
It is hereby directed that in the event of arrest, the applicant shall be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs. 50,000/- (Rs. Fifty Thousand only) with two solvent sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Arresting Authority.
This order will remain operative subject to compliance of the following conditions by the petitioner :-
1. The petitioner will comply with all the terms and conditions of the bond executed by him;
2. The petitioner will cooperate in the investigation/trial, as the case may be;
3. The petitioner will not indulge himself in extending inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to the Police Officer, as the case may be;
4. The petitioner shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused;
5. The petitioner will not seek unnecessary adjournments during the trial; and
6. The petitioner will not leave India without previous permission of the trial Court/Investigating Officer, as the case may be;
7. The petitioner shall mark his attendance before concerned Police Station once in every fortnight till conclusion of investigation. 3 M.Cr.C. No. 34513/19
8. The petitioner shall plant 25 saplings of indigenous fruit bearing or shady trees on the side of the road/street of the place of residence of petitioner or at any other place in the district which is earmarked by the Collector/Revenue Authority for planting trees and shall take care of the trees for the next one year by watering the plants and by installing tree guards at their own expenses. In case the petitioner is unable to afford incurring of such expenses, then he would obtain saplings/tree guard from the forest authorities (the concerned Forest Range Officer of the area) free of cost or at concessional/nominal rates available under any beneficial scheme of the Government. The petitioner shall file an affidavit disclosing compliance of this condition within 30 days in the Registry, failing which this court may consider cancellation of bail.
For effective implementation of this order in the interest of betterment of ecology of the area concerned, the District Magistrate of district within which the petitioner resides is directed to assist the petitioner/accused to comply with condition No.8 by extending all possible financial and material assistance to the petitioner admissible under any of the beneficial scheme for afforestation of the State.
The DFO of the concerned District is directed to file verification report before the trial Court concerned after carrying out inspection personally or through any other officer of the Forest Department duly authorized in that behalf, disclosing as to whether appellant has complied with the said condition or not, and if yes to what extent?
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The learned trial Judge on receiving report of non-compliance of condition No.8 shall forthwith communicate the same to the Registry of this Court.
The Registry on receiving any such report from the trial Court disclosing default shall put up the matter before appropriate Bench in shape of PUD.
A copy of this order be sent to the trial Court concerned for compliance.
Let a typed copy of this order be also supplied to the counsel for the State for compliance of the aforesaid directives.
A copy of this order be furnished by the Registry of this court to the concerned District Magistrate and the DFO having territorial jurisdiction over the place of residence of the petitioners for execution of the order in the interest of the ecology.
For the time being this case stands disposed of. C.c as per rules.
(Sheel Nagu) Judge Ashish* ASHISH CHOURASIYA 2019.08.31 10:30:56 +05'30'