Vikrant Alias Chintu and Another v. State of U.P. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court habeas corpus writ petition (HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. 366 of 2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:85834) decided 21.5.2025 by Nand Prabha Shukla, J.; corpus Smt. Kanishka (petitioner no. 2) declared not illegally detained by respondent no. 5 and unwilling to accompany petitioner no. 1 Vikrant alias Chintu; petition dismissed; SHO P.S. Hastinapur, District Meerut ordered to return corpus's documents (mark sheets, PAN Card, Aadhar Card, ATM, Redmi 9A phone) from petitioner no. 1's custody within a week; legal expenses Rs. 50,000/- paid via demand draft no. 384904 dated 19.05.2025; counsel: Avanish Kumar Upadhyay and Raj Kumar Upadhyay for petitioners, G.A. for State, Bipin Pal Singh and Ajay Kumar Srivastava for respondent no. 5.
What did the court decide?
Habeas corpus petition dismissed; corpus found not illegally detained and free; S.H.O., P.S. Hastinapur, District Meerut directed to retrieve the corpus's documents from petitioner no. 1 and hand them over to the corpus within a week; legal expenses of Rs. 50,000/- paid by petitioner no. 1 to the corpus by demand draft.