Munnesh vs State of Uttar Pradesh - 2025 Supreme(SC) 605

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2025 Supreme(SC) 605

DIPANKAR DATTA, MANMOHAN
Munnesh – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners:Mr. Ayush Negi, AOR, Ms. Vishakha Upadhyaya, Adv., Ms. Aarushi Gupta, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR

ORDER :

1. The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad by the impugned judgment and order dated 3rd October, 2023 has rejected the petitioner’s prayer for bail.

2. The petitioner was arrested on 26th May, 2018 in connection with a First Information Report [FIR] registered under Section 302, Indian Penal Code, 1860 [IPC]

3. The trial is in progress.

4. Although it is revealed from the charge-sheet that the prosecution intended to examine 22 (twenty-two) witnesses to drive home the charges against the petitioner, in paragraph 13 of the counter affidavit, there is a statement that the prosecution does not wish to examine all 22 (twenty-two) witnesses, earlier proposed, and that the number of prosecution witnesses to be examined is limited to 8 (eight) now; also that, recording of the statement of P.W.8 is now in progress.

5. The petitioner’s criminal history has also been brought on record by such counter affidavit. The details of the cases pending/closed against the petitioner, 8 (eight) in all, are provided in paragraph 15 of such affidavit.

6. There is no disclosure in the special leave petition as regards the petitioner’s criminal antecedents, which includes conviction in one case under S

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