Upendra Raghav and Another v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court dismissed a habeas corpus writ petition (No. 467 of 2025, order dated 16.7.2025, Nand Prabha Shukla, J.) seeking production and release of petitioner no. 1, Upendra Raghav (corpus), from alleged illegal confinement by respondent no. 4. The corpus was a named accused in FIR No. 008 of 2025 dated 09.04.2025 under Section 87 of BNS, Police Station Ahmadgarh, District Bulandshahr, lodged by respondent no. 4; the Court held the petition was filed to save the corpus from those criminal proceedings and dismissed it as meritless. Keywords: habeas corpus; illegal detention; corpus/detenue; named accused; FIR No. 008 of 2025; Section 87 BNS; Police Station Ahmadgarh; District Bulandshahr; dismissal.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the record, the corpus is a named accused in the FIR and the instant habeas corpus writ petition was filed in order to save him from the said criminal proceedings.