Amrita Singh Alias Jyoti Singh and another v. State of U.P. through Principal Secretary Home, Civil Secretariat U.P. Lucknow and others
Case brief
What is this about?
TACR No. 61 of 2024; Amrita Singh Alias Jyoti Singh v. State of U.P. (Abhay Pratap Singh @ Hari Om Singh); transfer of criminal case from Unnao to Lucknow; Criminal Case No. 221 of 2019; Case Crime No. 321 of 2018 (Ss. 420, 494, 352 IPC); FIR Case Crime No. 227 of 2023 (Ss. 279, 337, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Thakurganj); reasonable apprehension test; Section 406/407/408 CrPC transfer power; forum shopping deprecated; oblique motive in lodging FIR at Lucknow; application rejected, no costs; Saurabh Lavania, J.; 15 October 2025; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Gurcharan Das Chadha; Kulwinder Kaur; Amarinder Singh; Nahar Singh Yadav; Afjal Ali Sha.
What did the court decide?
Mere suspicion or mere presumption of possible apprehension that justice will not be done does not justify transfer; a reasonable apprehension is required, and transfer can be ordered only in very special circumstances where the Court finds reasons exist to transfer the case.