Nasir @ Nazim @ Rashid Vs State of U.P. — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Allahabad HC (2025)

Nasir @ Nazim @ Rashid Vs State of U.P. — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Second bail application allowed: enlargement of applicant Nasir @ Nazim @ Rashid on bail upon furnishing a personal bond and two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the five enumerated conditions (no tampering with evidence; no intimidation of witnesses/victim-complainant; compliance with court orders with punctual attendance and honest cooperation in trial; no misuse of bail liberty or criminal activity; no inducement, allurement or threat to persons acquainted with the facts or police officers), with the trial court retaining liberty to cancel the bail in accordance with law upon breach of any condition.

Issue for consideration

Whether the applicant Nasir @ Nazim @ Rashid, charged under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code in FIR No. 0207 of 2021, whose first bail application (No. 16645 of 2022) was rejected on 07-02-2023, is entitled to release on bail in this second bail application.

Court's answer

After a comprehensive review of the material facts and circumstances available on record, and weighing the nature of the evidence, the absence of any hard incriminating material, and the absence of any likelihood of the applicant absconding from the available material, the court formed the view that the applicant deserved release on bail.

Ratio / Principle

The applicant was directed to be enlarged on bail upon furnishing a personal bond and two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court seized of the matter, subject to the conditions set out in the order.

Key takeaways

The bail order was expressly passed without making any comment on the merits or demerits of the case.obiter¶11
Condition 1: the applicant undertook that he shall not tamper with or interfere with the evidence during the investigation or the trial.ratio¶12
Condition 2: the applicant undertook that he shall not intimidate or threaten the witnesses and the victim/complainant.ratio¶13

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal Misc. 2nd Bail Application No. 4054 of 2025 (neutral citation 2025:AHC:75942), High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Court No. 86, decided 09-05-2025 by Dr. Gautam Chowdhary, J. — Second regular bail petition of applicant Nasir @ Nazim @ Rashid in FIR No. 0207 of 2021 under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code; his first bail application (No. 16645 of 2022) had been rejected by this High Court vide order dated 07-02-2023, and, as submitted, he had remained in continuous jail custody since 18-09-2021. Defence counsel relied principally on the recorded testimony of prosecution witness No. 1, who deposed that he did not see the applicant ('Nazim') firing, that others present had sticks in hand and one wore a helmet, that the case diary had been written by an individual known to him who had not read it out to him and at whose instance he had signed a blank sheet, and that his first deposition was false, made under fear, his present deposition being true and free of pressure. Reviewing the material on record — the nature of the substantiating evidence, the absence of any hard incriminating material, and the improbability of absconding apparent from the available material — the single Justice found the applicant deserving of bail and enlarged him upon furnishing a personal bond and two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial court, expressly without commenting on the merits of the case, binding him to five undertakings (no tampering with evidence; no intimidation or threatening of witnesses/victim-complainant; obedience to court orders with punctual attendance and honest cooperation in the trial; no misuse of the liberty of bail and no criminal activity; no direct or indirect inducement, allurement or threat to persons acquainted with the facts or to police officers), while reserving to the trial court the liberty to cancel the bail in accordance with law upon any breach.

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:75942

Court No. - 86

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. 2^nd BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4054 of 2025

Applicant :- Nasir @ Nazim @ Rashid Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Singh 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