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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 5733
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
SANJAY KUMAR, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, JJ
PREM SINGH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH – Respondent
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2025 | SLP (Crl.) No.12520 OF 2024
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Amit Wadhwa, Mr. Virendra Verma, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Hadala, Dr. Nitin Sharma, Dr. Sandeep Singh, Mr. Vikrant Rana, Mr. Amit Kumar Pandey
For the Respondents: Mr. Yasharth Kant, Mr. Ajay Singh, Mr. Suryaansh Kishan Razdan
The court upheld the grant of anticipatory bail, determining that custodial interrogation was not warranted under the circumstances.
Headnote:The judgment addresses the appeal against the High Court's order denying anticipatory bail concerning FIR No. 61/2023 under IPC Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, and 471. The Court found that custodial interrogation was unnecessary given the appellant's compliance with the investigation. The Court ruled that the earlier order granting anticipatory bail was to be made absolute. The final outcome was the appeal being allowed and the impugned order set aside.
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The appellant approached this Court aggrieved by the order dated 24.07.2024 passed by the High Court denying him anticipatory bail in relation to First Information Report/Case Crime No. 61/2023 dated 18.03.2023 registered with Police Station – Mohammadabad, District – Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Interim anticipatory bail was granted by this Court on 17.09.2024.
We are informed that the appellant joined investigation thereafter and upon completion of the investigation, the chargesheet has also been filed.
In that view of the matter, custodial interrogation of the appellant is not required at this stage. The order dated Signature Not Verified
17.09.2024 is made absolute. The appellant shall abide by the Digitally signed by Deepak Guglani Date: 2025.07.16 Reasotn:erms and conditions fixed by the trial court at the time of the grant of anticipatory bail pursuant to the order passed by this Court on 17.09.2024, and also the conditions stipulated in Section
482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Recording the aforesaid, the impugned order is set aside and the appeal is allowed.
We clarify that the observations made in this order are for the disposal of the present appeal and for grant of anticipatory bail and the same shall not be treated as an expression of opinion on the merits of the case.
Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
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(SANJAY KUMAR)
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(SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA)
NEW DELHI;
JULY 16, 2025.
ITEM NO.6 COURT NO.14 SECTION II S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 12520/2024 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 24-07-2024 in CRMABA No. 5963/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad]
PREM SINGH Petitioner(s)
VERSUS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Respondent(s)
(IA No. 206834/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
Date : 16-07-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Amit Wadhwa, Adv.
Mr. Virendra Verma, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Hadala, Adv.
Dr. Nitin Sharma, Adv.
Dr. Sandeep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vikrant Rana, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Pandey, Adv. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR For Respondent(s) :
Mr. Yasharth Kant, AOR Mr. Ajay Singh, Adv.
Mr. Suryaansh Kishan Razdan, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following
O R D E R
Leave granted.
In terms of the signed order, the order dated 17.09.2024 is made absolute.
The impugned order is set aside and the appeal is allowed, in terms of the signed order.
Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
