Sateesh Rathore vs State Of Madhya Pradesh

Learned counsel for the rival parties are heard.

This is 1st application u/S. 438 Cr.P.C. filed by the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with offences punishable u/Ss.420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC registered as Crime No.303/2019 at Police Station Huzrat Kotwali District Gwalior.

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.

Petitioner who has no criminal antecedent apprehends arrest in respect of offence punishable u/Ss. 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC. Cheating and forgery is alleged in regard to sale of mobile.

The nature of allegation does not suggest any financial scam and since there is no possibility of petitioner fleeing from justice, this court though is inclined to extend benefit of anticipatory bail to the petitioner but with certain stringent conditions in view of pendency of investigation.

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 petitioner 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 :-

The petitioner will comply with all the terms and conditions of the bond executed by him;

The petitioner will cooperate in the investigation/trial, as the case may be;

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;

The petitioner shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused;

The petitioner will not seek unnecessary adjournments during the trial; and;

The petitioner will not leave India without previous permission of the trial Court/Investigating Officer, as the case may be;

The petitioner shall appear and mark his appearance before the concerned police station once every week, till conclusion of investigation;

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 his 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.

On complying with condition No.8 aforesaid, the petitioner is directed to inform the location of plantation made to the Forest Range Officer of the area concerned who will pass on this information to the DFO concerned.

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 Dept duly authorised in that behalf disclosing as to whether petitioner has complied with condition No.8 or not, and if yes to what extent?

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 petitioner 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.