In Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 814 of 2023, the Allahabad High Court granted interim bail to the applicant under Section 439 CrPC, finding lack of evidence and irregularities in the prosecution case.
Interim bail granted with standard bail bonds and conditions including prohibition on leaving station and interfering with witnesses.
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. - 814 of 2023
Applicant :- Veerpal Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Anurag Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
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 bail should be granted to the applicant who claims lack of evidence and argues the impugned order was passed arbitrarily.
Whether the prosecution version is credible given the absence of the accused and single clerical error in the FIR.
Whether the applicant satisfies the conditions of Section 167 CrPC for bail.
7 provisions across 2 enactments
Veerpal
Dr. Gautam Chowdhary
As recorded by the court registry
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