Supreme Court of India
Lal Mohd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors.
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We are of the view that the procedural and substantive thresholds prescribed under Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of the UP Gangsters Act have not been adequately met in the present case.
Judgment, page 22
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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 had occurred between the date of registration of the First FIR i.e., 11.10.2022, and the preparation of the gang chart on 29.04.2023. Headnotes† Uttar Pradesh Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 – s.2(b), (c) – First FIR was registered against the appellants and others on
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