Rahees v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge High Court court granted anticipatory bail to a rape accuser (S.438 CrPC). The Court held that the applicant's respectable status and lack of flight suspicion provided prima facie protection, absent facts of escape or intimidation. Petitioner produced bond.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted. Petitioner to appear before Magistrate on summons and deposit bail bond on production of summons.
What the court decided
A compact analysis
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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:236548
Court No. - 71
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 12877 of 2023
Applicant :- Rahees Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mehdi Abbas Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.
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Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the fortuitous combination of factors in the instant case grants the applicant a prima facie right to anticipatory bail.
Whether the applicant's status as an educated person belonging to a respectable family is sufficient to deny bail in a serious case.
Whether the possibility of escape and intimidation eliminates the applicability of statutory provisions for anticipatory bail.
Parties & counsel
- applicant
Rahees
Coram
Shekhar Kumar Yadav
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Allahabad HC
- Decided on
- · December
- Registered
- Case no.
- ABAIL/12877/2023
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