Phireram vs State Of Uttar Pradesh

insc-2025-1074 Supreme Court of India 2 September 2025 • CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 3830 OF 2025; Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 9082 of 2025 • 29 min read
17 cases cited (0 SG, 17 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Practice Areas

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Indian Penal Code, 1860

Judges (2)

J.B. Pardiwala Delivered Sandeep Mehta Coram

Parties (2)

State of Uttar Pradesh Respondent Phireram Appellant

Case Significance

Phireram vs State Of Uttar Pradesh is a Supreme Court of India decision dated September 2, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1074). Criminal appeal concerning the High Court's improper disposal of a bail cancellation application. The Supreme Court deprecated the practice of relegating complainants to the Witness Protection Scheme instead of considering bail cancellation on merits, set aside the HC order, and remanded the matter for fresh hearing within four weeks. The bench comprised Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta. The judgment was delivered by Justice J.B. Pardiwala.

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 17 case citations.

Summary

Criminal appeal concerning the High Court's improper disposal of a bail cancellation application. The Supreme Court deprecated the practice of relegating complainants to the Witness Protection Scheme instead of considering bail cancellation on merits, set aside the HC order, and remanded the matter for fresh hearing within four weeks.

What was the outcome of Phireram vs State Of Uttar Pradesh?

Criminal appeal concerning the High Court's improper disposal of a bail cancellation application. The Supreme Court deprecated the practice of relegating complainants to the Witness Protection Scheme ...

Statutes Cited

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Indian Penal Code, 1860

Cases Cited (17)

IN (17)
(1978) 1 SCC 240 (1978) 2 SCC 411 (1986) 4 SCC 481 (1995) 1 SCC 349 (2004) 4 SCC 158 (2009) 6 SCC 767 (2017) 1 SCC 529 (2018) 16 SCC 511 (2019) 14 SCC 615 (2020) 1 SCC (Cri) 902 (2021) 15 SCC 518 (2021) 17 SCC 111 (2022) 13 SCC 70 (2022) 15 SCC 211 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1380 2025 INSC 1074 AIR 1962 SC 253

Cited By (1)

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Phireram vs State Of Uttar Pradesh

Judgment

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