Dharmendra v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dharmendra v. State of U.P.; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad; Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 38259 of 2025; decided January 20, 2026; Ashutosh Srivastava, J.; bail rejected under Section 483 BNSS; NDPS Sections 21/22; Case Crime No. 771 of 2025; Police Station Highway, District Mathura; alleged recovery 470 gm Alprazolam; prima facie involvement not ruled out; no false implication; gravity of offence and severity of punishment weighed against bail; observations limited to bail stage; C.P. Pandey holding brief of Ashutosh Dwivedi for applicant; Puneet Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State.
What did the court decide?
On the evidence collected during investigation, prima facie the involvement of the accused in the case cannot be ruled out and no reason is found to falsely implicate the applicant; therefore there is no good ground to release the applicant-accused on bail at this stage.