(1.) APPLICANTS Ak lakh, Mohd. Jeeshan @ Janu and Bali Pandit @ Shudhansu Tripathi vide above referred applications are seeking bail in case Crime No. 253 of 2010, under sections 147, 148, 149, 364, 323, 504, 506, 341, 342, 34 IPC and section 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act registered at Police Station Dhoomanganj, District Allahabad.
(2.) BRIEFLY stated, facts relevant for disposal of the above bail applications are that an F.I.R. was registered on 21.5.2010 with regard to an incident dated 20.5.2010 wherein it is stated that in the, intervening night of 21.5.2010 eleven persons forcibly kidnapped the brother of the complainant namely Guddu Pal (hereinafter referred to as an 'abductee'). F.I.R. reveals that accused persons came in Indica and Travera at about 11 p.m. on the pretext of seeking some information from the said abductee, he was called out from his house and as soon as he stepped out; they took him in their vehicle and fled away.
(3.) LEARNED Counsel for the applicants has contended that the applicants have wrongly been implicated in the aforesaid case and they are in jail since May, 2010. They are not involved in the commission of the offence. It is further stated that their bail applications have been rejected only by way of punishment. No trial in case as on date has commenced in the matter. They are involved in the offences which do not carry the punishment for death or life imprisonment.