Saumya Singh v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail cancellation application by informant; alleged post-release pressure and threats by accused to compel compromise; complaint to authorities; disposal with direction to invoke Witness Protection Scheme 2018 (application on prescribed proforma with certified copy of order to competent authority under Section 2(c) within a week; decision preferably within one month); Scheme noted as approved in Mahender Chawla and others v. Union of India (2019) 14 SCC 615; offences under IPC Sections 419, 420, 406, 504, 506, 120-B; Case Crime No. 337 of 2023, P.S. Cantt., District Varanasi; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:64083.
What did the court decide?
Bail cancellation application disposed of without adjudication on merits; the informant-applicant is enabled to seek protection under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 by moving an application on the Scheme's prescribed proforma, with a certified copy of this order, before the competent authority under Section 2(c) of the Scheme within one week, which shall consider and decide it expeditiously, preferably within one month, strictly in accordance with the Scheme.