Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: March 14 To March 20, 2022

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 111 TO 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 129 NOMINAL INDEX Chavi Lal And Others vs State Of U.P. And Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 111 Amitabh Thakur v. State Of U.P. Thru Addl. Prin.Secy. Home Lucknow 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 112 Om Prakash Verma v. State of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 113 Raj Kumar Verma v. State of U.P. and Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 114 Sangram Yadav v. State Of U.P. And 3 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 115 Nokhe Lal v. State of U.P. and 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 116 Mukis v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 117 Gamma Gaana Limited v. Union Of India 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 118 Prabhat Kumar And Others vs Dheeraj And Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 119 C/M Jago Rajbhar Jago Samiti And Another V. Union Of India And 4 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 120 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Thru Its Divisional Manager v. Motor Accident Claim Tribunal 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 121 Amrita Nand @ Tribhuvan Arjariya @ Baba v. State of U.P. and Another. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 122 Upendra v. State of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 123 Pankaj Tyagi v. State Of U.P. And Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 124 Smt. Rekha Gautam v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 125 Khurshidurehman S. Rehman v. State of U P and another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 126 Titu v. State Of U.P.And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 127 Daujee Abhushan Bhandar Pvt. Ltd. v. Union Of India And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 128 Prakash @ Jai Prakash Ruhela v. State of U.P 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 129 Judgments/Orders of the Week 1. Can't Enter Into Marshalling & Appreciation Of Evidence In Discharge Application U/S 239 CrPC: Allahabad High Court Reiterates Case Title: Chavi Lal And Others vs State Of U.P. And Another Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 111 The Allahabad High Court, sitting in Lucknow, reiterated that while dealing with an application for discharge under Section, the Court is required to only see whether a prima facie case is made out against the accused. Detailed inquiry is not required at this stage and the accused can be discharged when the charge is groundless. "At the stage of charge the court is not required to consider pros and cons of the case and to hold an enquiry to find out truth. Marshalling and appreciation of evidence is not in the domain of the court at that point of time. What is required from the court is to sift and weigh the materials for the limited purpose of finding out whether or not a prima facie case for framing a charge against the accused has been made out," Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta observed. 2. SC Self-Immolation: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Former IPS Officer Amitabh Thakur In Abetment Of Suicide Case Case Title: Amitabh Thakur v. State Of U.P. Thru Addl. Prin.Secy. Home Lucknow Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 112 The Allahabad High Court granted bail Former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur in the abetment to suicide case, in which a woman and her friend had set themselves on fire outside the Supreme Court and succumbed to burn injuries. "Admittedly, the charge sheet is already filed and there is no averment in the counter affidavit for tampering any evidence," the bench of Justice Rajeev Singh stated. 3. [NDPS Act] Accused Claims Standing Order Not Followed In Seizure Of Over 1 Quintal Of Ganja, Allahabad High Court Grants Bail Case title - Om Prakash Verma v. State of U.P. Case Citation:2022 LiveLaw (AB) 113 The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) from whose possession allegedly over 1 Quintal of Ganja was recovered. The Bench of Justice Krishan Pahal granted bail to one Om Prakash Verma who claimed before the Court that the procedure laid down in the Standing Order to be followed while conducting seizure of the contraband was not followed in the instant case. 4. "Extra-Judicial Confession Not Corroborated": Allahabad High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Murder-Robbery Accused Case title - Raj Kumar Verma v. State of U.P. and Others Case citation:2022 LiveLaw (AB) 114 The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the acquittal of a Murder-Robbery accused as it noted that the alleged extrajudicial confession made by all the accused persons was highly unnatural and the same was not corroborated by any other evidence. Essentially, the Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi was hearing an appeal filed by the informant of the case (US/ 372 CrPC) challenging the judgment and order of September 2021 passed by Additional Session Judge, Bijnor, acquitting the accused persons in a Murder-Robbery case. 5. Prosecution Must Stand On Own Legs, Can't Allow Suspicion To Take Place Of Proof Even In Domestic Enquiry: Allahabad HC Case title - Sangram Yadav v. State Of U.P. And 3 Others Case Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 115 The Allahabad High Court has observed that the...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: March 14 To March 20, 2022

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