Shyam Lal v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Siddharth, J.), by order dated 2.11.2020 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 30062 of 2020, allowed bail to applicant Shyam Lal, involved in Case Crime No. 28 of 2020 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC at Police Station Lalganj, District Mirzapur, arising from an FIR alleging execution of a fraudulent sale deed in which the applicant was alleged to be a broker and not a beneficiary. The Court relied on the dictum of the Apex Court in Dataram Singh v. State of U.P., (2018) 3 SCC 22, and the larger mandate of Article 21 of the Constitution, noting the spread of novel coronavirus in jails and that the applicant, in custody since 17.6.2020, had no criminal history. Bail was granted on a personal bond and two sureties each, subject to conditions on evidence tampering, trial cooperation, criminal activity, and post-restoration furnishing of sureties.