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ITEM NO.2 COURT NO.8 SECTION II
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Miscellaneous Application No.918/2025 in Crl.A. No. 2790/2024 SHEIKH JAVED IQBAL ALIAS ASHFAQ ANSARI ALIAS Petitioner(s)
JAVED ANSARI
VERSUS
THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Respondent(s)
(IA No. 248658/2024 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS & IA No. 248661/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 26-09-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN For Petitioner(s) :
Mr. M S Khan, Adv.
Mr. Balwant Singh Billowira, Adv. Mr. Prashant Prakash, Adv. Ms. Qausar Khan, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Sahni, Adv.
Mr. Zahbi Tihami, Adv.
Ms. Arpita Mishra, Adv. Mr. Manu Shanker Mishra, AOR For Respondent(s) :
Mr. Shaurya Sahay, AOR Ms. Palak Mathur, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. The applicant was arrested in connection with Crime No.01/2025 registered under Sections 489B and 489C of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, 'the IPC') and under Section 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (for short 'the UAP Act') before Police Station ATS, Uttar Pradesh, District Lucknow.
2. The applicant was ordered to be released on bail by this Court vide Order dated 18-7-2024 passed in Criminal Appeal No.2790/2024.
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3. While ordering his release on bail, this Court imposed the following conditions:-
34. Consequently, we pass the following order: -
(ii) Appellant is directed to be released on bail subject to fulfilment of the following conditions: -
(a) Trial court shall impound the passport and/or citizenship document(s) of the appellant. If those are in the custody of the prosecution, those shall be handed over to the trial court.
(b) Appellant shall not leave the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court; he shall furnish his address to the trial court.
(c) He shall appear before the trial court on each and every date of the trial.
(d) In addition to the above, the appellant shall mark his attendance before the police station which the trial court may indicate once in every fortnight till conclusion of the trial.
(e) He shall not tamper with the evidence and shall not threaten the witnesses.
4. The applicant has been scrupulously abiding by all the directions issued by this Court, referred to above.
5. Today, he is before us with an application making a request that he may be permitted to travel to New Delhi as he needs to execute a sale deed with respect to the land owned by him.
6. It is his prayer that he may be allowed to be in New Delhi for a period of one week or for the number of days required to complete the formalities.
7. We heard Mr. M.S. Khan, the learned counsel appearing for the applicant - accused and Mr. Shaurya Sahay, the learned counsel appearing for the State of U.P.
8. We are informed that the trial is in progress and out of 14 witnesses, 7 witnesses have been examined so far.
9. We are of the view that we should permit the applicant to travel to New Delhi for the purpose of execution of the sale deed subject to certain terms and conditions:-
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(i) the applicant shall furnish his entire programme to the investigating officer attached with the Police Station ATS, Uttar Pradesh, District Lucknow. The programme should contain all the necessary details i.e. the date of departure, the place where he is going to put up during his stay in New Delhi and the date of his return to Lucknow;
(ii) He shall also file an undertaking that once the execution of the sale deed and other formalities is completed, he shall go back to Lucknow and continue to abide by all other conditions imposed at the time of grant of bail;
(iii) We direct the appellant to mark his presence once in a day at the Tilak Marg Police Station till the time he is in New Delhi.
10. We clarify that the stay of the applicant - accused shall not exceed the period of 10 days and in case of any genuine difficulty, he should come back to us.
11. The Registry shall forward one copy each of this order to the Police Station ATS, Uttar Pradesh, District Lucknow and the Tilak Marg Police Station respectively.
12. With the aforesaid, these applications stand disposed of.
13. Dasti permitted.
(VISHAL ANAND) (POOJA SHARMA)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)
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