Aslam v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:17840), Deepak Verma J., order dated 7.2.2025: rejection of anticipatory bail application under S. 482 BNSS in Case Crime No. 676 of 2024, Sections 303(2), 317(2), 317(4) BNS, P.S. Indrapuram, District Ghaziabad; applicant not named in FIR, implicated via co-accused statement; car recovered from co-accused; criminal history alleged; custodial interrogation urged; discretion not to be put in straitjacket formula; no good ground for anticipatory bail.
What did the court decide?
The discretionary power to grant or refuse anticipatory bail cannot be put in a straitjacket formula and must be exercised carefully and with circumspection on the available material, evaluating factors such as nature and gravity of accusation, role attributed to the accused, conduct, criminal antecedents, possibility of fleeing justice, apprehension of tampering with witnesses or threat to the complainant, and impact of the grant on investigation or society.