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Lal Mohd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors.

Whether the prosecution of the appellants under the UP Gangsters Act satisfies the statutory thresholds prescribed under the Act, when it is…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
14 May 2025
Citation
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 741
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2593/2025
Bench
Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Issue for consideration

Whether the prosecution of the appellants under the UP Gangsters Act satisfies the statutory thresholds prescribed under the Act, when it is based entirely on a single FIR, in which the appellants were already arrested and released on bail, and where no new act or omission of the First FIR i.e., 11.10.2022, and the preparation of the gang chart on 29.04.2023.

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