Allahabad: Taking serious note of misuse of bail by means of former MLA Tajendra Sagar alias Yogendra Sagar, who is accused in gang rape of a girl student, Allahabad High Court on Monday cancelled his bail and directed him to surrender before the police by means of April 1, failing which he shall be immediately arrested.
An FIR was once registered at Bilsi police station of Badaun in opposition to Sagar in connection with the group rape of the girl student in 2008. It is claimed within the FIR that on April 23, 2008, when the survivor woman was once on her technique to seem in BA examination, she was once forcefully taken into a automotive by means of the then MLA with the help of one Neeraj Sharma. The woman was once drugged and moved to many places, and within the meantime she was once gang raped by means of MLA and other accused.
Allowing the bail cancellation application moved by means of the daddy of the rape survivor, Justice Sudhir Agarwal observed, “Even after five years since former MLA was once released on bail, the trial of the case may just not be completed. It is a fit case of misuse of bail and also that bail granted to MLA deserves to be cancelled.”
The bail cancellation application states that when passing of a considerable long period after the case of gang rape, Sagar surrendered in May 2014 and was once granted bail within 3 days of his surrender. The applicant alleged that when grant of bail, the accused didn't seem before the trial courtroom. As a end result, the trial of the felony case registered in opposition to him was once nonetheless pending.
After going in the course of the document, the courtroom discovered that in spite of non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued by means of the courtroom since a few years, the accused remained at massive and police may just not arrest him. It was once simplest when in March 2014, the excessive courtroom directed high-ranking law enforcement officials of the state to either seem before the courtroom or arrest the accused, the accused surrendered before the courtroom beneath and was once granted bail by means of the courtroom within 3 days.
An FIR was once registered at Bilsi police station of Badaun in opposition to Sagar in connection with the group rape of the girl student in 2008. It is claimed within the FIR that on April 23, 2008, when the survivor woman was once on her technique to seem in BA examination, she was once forcefully taken into a automotive by means of the then MLA with the help of one Neeraj Sharma. The woman was once drugged and moved to many places, and within the meantime she was once gang raped by means of MLA and other accused.
Allowing the bail cancellation application moved by means of the daddy of the rape survivor, Justice Sudhir Agarwal observed, “Even after five years since former MLA was once released on bail, the trial of the case may just not be completed. It is a fit case of misuse of bail and also that bail granted to MLA deserves to be cancelled.”
The bail cancellation application states that when passing of a considerable long period after the case of gang rape, Sagar surrendered in May 2014 and was once granted bail within 3 days of his surrender. The applicant alleged that when grant of bail, the accused didn't seem before the trial courtroom. As a end result, the trial of the felony case registered in opposition to him was once nonetheless pending.
After going in the course of the document, the courtroom discovered that in spite of non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued by means of the courtroom since a few years, the accused remained at massive and police may just not arrest him. It was once simplest when in March 2014, the excessive courtroom directed high-ranking law enforcement officials of the state to either seem before the courtroom or arrest the accused, the accused surrendered before the courtroom beneath and was once granted bail by means of the courtroom within 3 days.
HC cancels bail of former MLA in gang rape case
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