Allahabad HC grants bail to former SHO in Bikru policemen ambush case
Prayagraj, The Allahabad Excessive Courtroom has granted bail to a former station home officer of Chaubepur in Kanpur who’s an accused within the Bikru ambush case through which eight policemen had been killed in 2020.
Vinay Kumar Tiwari had allegedly knowledgeable predominant accused gangster Vikas Dubey about an ensuing raid of police in opposition to him.
Within the ambush by the gangster, as many as eight policemen had been killed on July 3, 2020.
Granting bail to Tiwari, Justice Siddharth on June 16 mentioned, “Having thought-about the submissions of the events, discovering power within the submissions made by the counsel for the applicant, conserving in view uncertainty concerning conclusion of trial, one sided investigation by police, ignoring the case of accused facet, applicant being under-trial having elementary proper to speedy trial, the bigger mandate of the Article 21 of the Structure, with out expressing any opinion on the deserves of the case, let the applicant concerned within the aforesaid crime be launched on bail.”
Through the course of listening to, Tiwari’s counsel submitted that he’s in jail since July 8, 2020. The prosecution took greater than two-and-a-half years to start the trial on March 1, 2023 after submitting of the cost sheet on September 30, 2020.
Earlier than the trial courtroom, there are 102 prosecution witnesses and about 13 have been examined.
There is no such thing as a credible proof collected by the investigating officer in opposition to Tiwari to show that he knowledgeable predominant accused Dubey in regards to the police raid in opposition to him nor his relationship with the gangster was proved, the counsel argued.
A variety of co-accused have additionally been enlarged on bail, the counsel mentioned.
Opposing the bail plea of Tiwari, the state’s counsel submitted that he and co- accused KK Sharma, who can also be a policeman, conspired with Dubey, which led to the incident and the eight police personnel had been murdered.
The counsel additionally submitted that 14 prosecution witnesses have been examined out of 102. The trial will conclude quickly.
The counsel additional knowledgeable that the fifth bail utility of Sharma was rejected by the co-ordinate bench of the courtroom on Could 12.
On July 3, 2020, DSP Devendra Mishra and 7 different Uttar Pradesh Police personnel had been killed within the ambush launched by Dubey’s gang in Bikru village in Kanpur after they had been on their method to arrest the gangster.
Following these occasions, Dubey was killed when he tried to flee from police custody.
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