State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. vs Party(s)

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the record.

2. This application has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to direct the trial Court to allow the applicant to submit only a personal bond and two sureties in lieu of fifteen cases.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant has placed reliance on the judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of U.P. and Ors. reported in (2024) 10 SCC 674. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant has been falsely implicated in fifteen cases, details of which are as under: (i) Case Crime No. 702 of 2023, under Sections 409, 420, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (ii) Case Crime No. 679 of 2020, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (iii) Case Crime No. 668 of 2020, under Sections 406, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (iv) Case Crime No. 664 of 2020, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 506, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (v) Case Crime No. 627 of 2021, under Sections 409, 420, 506 I.P.C., Police 2 A482 No. 8698 of 2025 Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (vi) Case Crime No. 459 of 2020, under Sections 409, 420, 468, 467, 471, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (vii) Case Crime No. 367 of 2022, under Sections 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (viii) Case Crime No. 281 of 2022, under Sections 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (ix) Case Crime No. 785 of 2020, under Sections 409, 420, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (x) Case Crime No. 822 of 2020, under Sections 409, 420, 504 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (xi) Case Crime No. 479 of 2024, under Sections 406, 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (xii) Case Crime No. 482 of 2024, under Sections 406, 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (xiii) Case Crime No. 46 of 2021, under Sections 406, 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (xiv) Case Crime No. 157 of 2021, under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (xv) Case Crime No. 903 of 2020, under Sections 420, 409, 120 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow.

4. It has been submitted that the applicant has been granted bail by the trial court as well as by this Court in all the aforesaid cases, but furnishing of thirty sureties in fifteen different cases is almost impracticable as the applicant is very poor person and he will not be able to arrange thirty sureties to get bail.

5. Learned counsel for the applicant has also relied the judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky Vs. The State of Uttar Praesh [SLP (Crl.) No.8914-8915/2018].

6. Learned A.G.A., however, opposes the prayer of the learned counsel for 3 A482 No. 8698 of 2025 the applicant and submits that it is always the discretion and satisfaction of the trial court, so far as the acceptance of the sureties is concerned.

7. Having heard learned counsel for the rival parties, it appears that the only grievance of the applicant appears to be that, despite having obtained the order of the bail in all the cases, he is not able to come out of the prison for the reason that he is unable to find separate sureties for each case and, thus, a prayer has been made that, applicant be permitted to file same sureties in all the fifteen cases and a suitable direction in this regard be given to the trial court.

8. The acceptance of the sureties and their verification is the prerogative of the trial court and the same, in any case, could not be controlled by this Court. Sufficient guidelines in this regard have already been given by the High Court on administrative side to the subordinate courts. However, as far as the grievance of the applicant, pertaining to the fact that he is not in a position to arrange separate sureties for fifteen cases, is concerned, the answer to this apprehension and grievance is implicit in Section 441-A of Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 486 of B.N.S.S., which is reproduced as under:- "Declaration by sureties- Every person standing surety to an accused person for his release on bail, shall make a declaration before the Court as to the number of persons to whom he has stood surety including the accused, giving therein all the relevant particulars."

9. Perusal of this Section shows that, a person, who is intending to be the surety of any accused person, is obliged to declare before the Court that apart from the person, to whom he is standing surety, for how many other accused persons, he has stood surety. Therefore, the texture of the Section 441-A of the Cr.P.C./Section 486 of B.N.S.S., which clearly reflects that a person may stand surety for more than one accused person and in more than one case. So there appears no bar for a person to stand surety in more than one case and also for more than one accused person.

10. However, as stated earlier, the status, verification and the competency of the surety will always be assessed by the trial court before acceptance.

11. Thus, it is directed that, if same sureties are placed before the trial court and they are otherwise competent and their status and other particulars have 4 A482 No. 8698 of 2025 been duly verified, the trial court, in its discretion, may accept the same in all the cases mentioned hereinbefore.

12. With the aforesaid observations, the application is disposed of. October 13, 2025 Arpan (Rajeev Singh,J.) ARPAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the record.

2. This application has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to direct the trial Court to allow the applicant to submit only a personal bond and two sureties in lieu of fifteen cases.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant has placed reliance on the judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of U.P. and Ors. reported in (2024) 10 SCC 674. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant has been falsely implicated in fifteen cases, details of which are as under: (i) Case Crime No. 702 of 2023, under Sections 409, 420, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (ii) Case Crime No. 679 of 2020, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (iii) Case Crime No. 668 of 2020, under Sections 406, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (iv) Case Crime No. 664 of 2020, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 506, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (v) Case Crime No. 627 of 2021, under Sections 409, 420, 506 I.P.C., Police 2 A482 No. 8698 of 2025 Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (vi) Case Crime No. 459 of 2020, under Sections 409, 420, 468, 467, 471, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (vii) Case Crime No. 367 of 2022, under Sections 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (viii) Case Crime No. 281 of 2022, under Sections 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (ix) Case Crime No. 785 of 2020, under Sections 409, 420, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (x) Case Crime No. 822 of 2020, under Sections 409, 420, 504 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (xi) Case Crime No. 479 of 2024, under Sections 406, 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (xii) Case Crime No. 482 of 2024, under Sections 406, 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- Gomti Nagar, District- Lucknow. (xiii) Case Crime No. 46 of 2021, under Sections 406, 409, 420 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (xiv) Case Crime No. 157 of 2021, under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow. (xv) Case Crime No. 903 of 2020, under Sections 420, 409, 120 I.P.C., Police Station- P.G.I., District- Lucknow.

4. It has been submitted that the applicant has been granted bail by the trial court as well as by this Court in all the aforesaid cases, but furnishing of thirty sureties in fifteen different cases is almost impracticable as the applicant is very poor person and he will not be able to arrange thirty sureties to get bail.

5. Learned counsel for the applicant has also relied the judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Hani Nishad @ Mohammad Imran @ Vikky Vs. The State of Uttar Praesh [SLP (Crl.) No.8914-8915/2018].

6. Learned A.G.A., however, opposes the prayer of the learned counsel for 3 A482 No. 8698 of 2025 the applicant and submits that it is always the discretion and satisfaction of the trial court, so far as the acceptance of the sureties is concerned.

7. Having heard learned counsel for the rival parties, it appears that the only grievance of the applicant appears to be that, despite having obtained the order of the bail in all the cases, he is not able to come out of the prison for the reason that he is unable to find separate sureties for each case and, thus, a prayer has been made that, applicant be permitted to file same sureties in all the fifteen cases and a suitable direction in this regard be given to the trial court.

8. The acceptance of the sureties and their verification is the prerogative of the trial court and the same, in any case, could not be controlled by this Court. Sufficient guidelines in this regard have already been given by the High Court on administrative side to the subordinate courts. However, as far as the grievance of the applicant, pertaining to the fact that he is not in a position to arrange separate sureties for fifteen cases, is concerned, the answer to this apprehension and grievance is implicit in Section 441-A of Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 486 of B.N.S.S., which is reproduced as under:- "Declaration by sureties- Every person standing surety to an accused person for his release on bail, shall make a declaration before the Court as to the number of persons to whom he has stood surety including the accused, giving therein all the relevant particulars."

9. Perusal of this Section shows that, a person, who is intending to be the surety of any accused person, is obliged to declare before the Court that apart from the person, to whom he is standing surety, for how many other accused persons, he has stood surety. Therefore, the texture of the Section 441-A of the Cr.P.C./Section 486 of B.N.S.S., which clearly reflects that a person may stand surety for more than one accused person and in more than one case. So there appears no bar for a person to stand surety in more than one case and also for more than one accused person.

10. However, as stated earlier, the status, verification and the competency of the surety will always be assessed by the trial court before acceptance.

11. Thus, it is directed that, if same sureties are placed before the trial court and they are otherwise competent and their status and other particulars have 4 A482 No. 8698 of 2025 been duly verified, the trial court, in its discretion, may accept the same in all the cases mentioned hereinbefore.

12. With the aforesaid observations, the application is disposed of. October 13, 2025 Arpan (Rajeev Singh,J.) ARPAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench