Rahul @ Mahesh v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court bail ruling, Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:42689, Deepak Verma J., order date 24.3.2025; Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 8682 of 2025; applicant Rahul @ Mahesh vs. State of U.P.; Case Crime No. 76 of 2019, Police Station Asothar, District Fatehpur; offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC (cheating and forgery); applicant not named in FIR, surfaced via co-accused's confessional statement (counsel's submission); parity with co-accused Vineet Singh granted bail vide order dated 01.06.2022 in Bail Application No. 55399 of 2021; applicant in custody since 21.02.2025; bail granted on personal bond and two sureties with conditions against tampering, requiring trial cooperation and abstention from crime.
What did the court decide?
Release of applicant Rahul @ Mahesh on bail in Case Crime No. 76 of 2019 on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to conditions that he shall not tamper with prosecution evidence by intimidating/pressurizing witnesses, shall cooperate in the trial sincerely without seeking adjournments, and shall not indulge in any criminal activity after release; sureties to be verified before the release order; breach of conditions to be a ground for cancellation of bail.