Mukesh Yadav v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Govt. Lko
Case brief
What is this about?
Mukesh Yadav v. State of U.P. — bail application allowed; suspected murder by strangulation of Ramu Pandey; post-mortem cause of death asphyxia due to ante-mortem strangulation; Case Crime No. 952 of 2024; Section 304 I.P.C.; Police Station- Kotwali, District- Barabanki; FIR lodged after four-day delay; circumstantial evidence; incomplete chain of circumstances; PW-1 complainant turned hostile in cross-examination; criminal history explained; custody since 3.2.2024; release on personal bond and two sureties with six conditions incl. Sections 84 B.N.S.S. and 209 of B.N.S.; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Karunesh Singh Pawar, J.; September 11, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Release of applicant Mukesh Yadav on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to six imposed conditions: (i) no tampering with evidence during trial; (ii) no pressurising/intimidating prosecution witnesses; (iii) no direct or indirect inducement, threat or promise to dissuade disclosure of facts; (iv) undertaking not to seek adjournments on evidence dates when witnesses are present, failing which the trial court may treat it as abuse of liberty of bail; (v) presence before the trial court on each date fixed, personally or through counsel; (vi) if liberty of bail is misused and proclamation under Section 84 B.N.S.S. is issued and the applicant fails to appear, the trial court shall initiate proceedings under Section 209 of B.N.S.