2021 Jaunpur custodial death: HC denies bail to four cops
PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 4 -- The Allahabad high court has rejected bail applications of four Uttar Pradesh police personnel accused in the 2021 Jaunpur custodial death case. In his September 30 order, Justice Samit Gopal cited the allegations mentioned in the CBI chargesheet that the accused cops caused grievous injuries to Krishna Kumar Yadav alias Pujari, 24, to extract a confession. The injuries led to his death.
The CBI alleged that false records were created to portray Yadav's death as resulting from an accident or assault by unknown persons rather than physical torture in police custody. The court rejected the bail applications of Jaysheel Tiwari, Ramkrit Yadav, Raj Kumar Verma and Angad Prasad Chaudhary, who were among the police personnel charge-sheeted by the CBI in connection with Krishna Yadav's death in police custody in February 2021.
The chargesheet was filed against 11 police personnel for offences under Sections 302 (murder), 34 (common intention, section 120-B (conspiracy) and other sections of the IPC....
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