Hanuman Prasad v. State of U.P. Thru.Prin.Secy. Home Deptt. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order dated 30.7.2024 (Karunesh Singh Pawar, J.) rejecting anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. sought by Hanuman Prasad in case crime No.0091 of 2023 (sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C.), P.S. Kotwali Nagar, district Gonda. Key elements: FIR lodged by an employee of the Sub Registrar office, Sadar, Gonda; S.I.T. investigation; approximately 60 identical FIRs by the State administration; alleged forgery in Registrar office records in connivance with Sub Registrar office employees; applicant not cooperating in investigation (para 21, counter affidavit); bail application rejected with liberty to seek regular bail. Relevant to anticipatory-bail refusals resting on gravity of offence and non-cooperation, and to registration-office forgery matters.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail refused: keeping in view the facts and circumstances, the seriousness of the offence, and the fact that the applicant is not cooperating in the investigation, the court was not inclined to enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail.