Supreme Court of India

Vinod Bihari Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 2448
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 23 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this court lays down following directions for preparation of gang-chart before lodging FIR under the Gangster Act, 1986: (i) Date of filing of chargesheet under base case must be mentioned in Column-6 of the gang-chart except in cases under Rule 22(2) of the Gangster Rules, 2021. [2025] 5 S.C.R. 2481 Vinod Bihari Lal v.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the applications filed u/s.482 Cr.PC by appellant for quashing the proceedings arising out of FIR u/s.2 and 3 of U.P. Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, and the non-bailable warrants issued against the appellant respectively. Headnotes† Uttar Pradesh Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 – s.2(b) – Gang – Gang chart – FIR-Subject FIR alleging that the appellant, alongwith one DD, constituted an organized gang in terms of s.2(b) with the appellant acting as its

Where later benches applied it

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