Srikant Upadhyay vs The State Of Bihar

insc-2024-202 Supreme Court of India 14 March 2024 • Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.7940 of 2023 • 22 min read

Judges (2)

C.T. Ravikumar Delivered Sanjay Kumar Coram

Counsel (2)

Anshul Narayan Counsel Respondent Basant R Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

State of Bihar Respondent Srikant Upadhyay Appellant

Case Significance

Srikant Upadhyay vs The State Of Bihar is a Supreme Court of India decision dated March 14, 2024 (citation: insc-2024-202). The appellants sought anticipatory bail in a case registered under Sections 341, 323, 354, 354(B), 379, 504, 506, and 149 IPC and the Prevention of Witch (Daain) Practices Act, 1999 in East Champaran, Bihar. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding the appellants were not entitled to pre-arrest bail given their consistent disobedience of court orders — they failed to appear after summons, bailable warrants, and non-bailable warrants, withdrew a surrender application, and ignored procla The bench comprised Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar. The judgment was delivered by Justice C.T. Ravikumar. Counsel appearing: Anshul Narayan (counsel for respondent), Basant R (counsel for appellant).

Summary

The appellants sought anticipatory bail in a case registered under Sections 341, 323, 354, 354(B), 379, 504, 506, and 149 IPC and the Prevention of Witch (Daain) Practices Act, 1999 in East Champaran, Bihar. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding the appellants were not entitled to pre-arrest bail given their consistent disobedience of court orders — they failed to appear after summons, bailable warrants, and non-bailable warrants, withdrew a surrender application, and ignored proclamation proceedings under Section 82 CrPC.

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Source: Indian Kanoon (insc-2024-202)