Ravi Gupta v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail rejected — alleged murder of brother by stabbing; Sections 103(1) B.N.S. and Section 4/25 Arms Act; Case Crime no. 559 of 2024, P.S. Kotwali City, District Hardoi; F.I.R. dated 03.09.2024; father's statement under Section 180 B.N.S.S.; independent eyewitnesses; knife recovered on pointing out of applicant; charge-sheet dated 03.09.2024; nine prosecution witnesses turned hostile; CCTV footage saved in pen drive; Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; Subhash Vidyarthi, J.; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:30578; order dated 22.5.2025; applicant Ravi Gupta; State of U.P.
What did the court decide?
On the facts and circumstances of the case (including eyewitness support, knife recovery on the applicant's pointing out, charge-sheet, and CCTV footage preserved in a pen drive despite nine hostile witnesses), the facts do not warrant exercise of this Court's discretion in favour of the applicant by enlarging him on bail.