The Supreme Court has granted bail to a man accused of causing the death of a man by firing a shot into his mouth on his submission that he had already undergone 15 years incarceration and 19 years with remission and his appeal before the High Court, pending since 2006, is not likely to be heard at an early date. (Ravindra Vs State of Uttar Pradesh)
A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari directed the trial court to enlarge the petitioner on bail on such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the trial court.
The plea before the Apex Court was directed against the order of bail dismissal by the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner in the instant case had sought the relief of regular bail on parity before the High Court. The trial court had granted bail to co-accused in the same case who had also fired on the deceased which had led to his death.
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The High Court after perusing the bail order of the trial court had noted that there are certain discrepancies in the bail order of co-accused and had issued notice to the co-accused as to why the High Court may not suo motu cancel its order dated 6.2.2009 passed in the present appeal granting bail and why he may not be taken into custody.
The High Court further noted that, “Regard being had to the evidence that the appellant Ravindra son of Pratap Singh had also fired a shot, which injured the deceased in the mouth and in the internal part of it, which was also the cause of death, we dismiss the prayer for bail.”