Sumit Yadav and Another v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No. 8426 of 2024, decided 6.9.2024 by Vivek Varma, J. (Neutral Citation 2024:AHC:145702). Applicants Sumit Yadav and Shiv Kumar Yadav granted anticipatory bail till submission of police report under Section 193(3) BNSS in Case Crime No. 212 of 2024, Sections 115(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3), 118(1), 140(4) BNS, P.S. Sipari, District Jhansi; opposite party State of U.P. (G.A.; Brief Holder Sri Anupam Anand). Key grounds: no kidnapping/abduction allegation in FIR or in eye-witness informant's statement; victim's injuries simple; no criminal antecedents stated by counsel. Personal bond Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each; conditions imposed; IO to complete investigation preferably within three months; cancellation permissible on breach. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest, the applicants Sumit Yadav and Shiv Kumar Yadav to be released on anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 212 of 2024 till the submission of police report under Section 193(3) B.N.S.S., on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer concerned, subject to conditions: (i) availability for interrogation as and when required; (ii) no inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts to dissuade disclosure to the Court or police; (iii) no leaving India without previous permission of the Court and deposit of passport, if any, before the S.S.P./S.P. concerned. On default of any condition, the Investigating Officer is at liberty to file an appropriate application for cancellation. The Investigating Officer is directed to conclude the investigation expeditiously, preferably within three months from production of a copy of the order, independently and without being prejudiced by any observation made by the Court. The applicants are directed to produce a copy of the order before the S.S.P./S.P. concerned within ten days.