In a criminal bail application, the High Court granted bail to the applicant, holding that he was absent during the initial investigation stage where the accusation was made, and thus the allegations lacked credibility.
Granted bail to the applicant pending the final disposal of the criminal trial.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
Court No. - 78
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 52093 of 2022
Applicant :- Zunaid @ Zunaid Khan Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Rajesh Kumar Sharma,Abhas Sharma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Abida Syed
Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.
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Digitally signed by :- KAILASH CHANDRA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the applicant was present during the first interrogation by the investigating agency?
Whether the applicant was coerced or threatened by the investigating officer?
Whether the investigation agency followed due process during the initial stage of the investigation?
Zunaid @ Zunaid Khan
State Of U.P.
Gautam Chowdhary
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
