Rakesh Pandey v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. - 33903 of 2025, decided October 14, 2025 by Vivek Varma, J. Applicant Rakesh Pandey (counsel: Ram Chandra Kushwaha) versus State of U.P. (G.A.; Sri Shashank Shekhar Pandey, learned A.G.A.). Bail sought in Case Crime No. 186 of 2025, Section 105 B.N.S., P.S. Rudrapur, District Deoria; applicant in custody since 23.06.2025, no criminal history. Rejected: FIR implicates applicant and Rajesh Pandey in assault on informant's brother; postmortem cause of death hemorrhage and shock due to ante mortem head injury; eye-witness Vinod Tiwari assigned applicant the specific role of head assault with a brick; offence held grave. Observations without prejudice to merits; expeditious trial requested.
What did the court decide?
On a prima facie reading of the record, per the first information report the applicant and named accused Rajesh Pandey caused injuries to the brother of the informant, and as per the postmortem report the cause of death was hemorrhage and shock due to ante mortem head injury.