Criminal Trespass Case| 'He Is A Bahubali, Gangster & Dreaded Criminal': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Ex-MP Umakant Yadav
The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to former MP Umakant Yadav in connection with a 2019 case involving the alleged grabbing and damaging of the Gandhi Ashram in the Azamgarh district. Taking note of his long criminal antecedents of 80 cases, the bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh noted that he is a Bahubali, gangster and a dreaded criminal of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and is...
The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to former MP Umakant Yadav in connection with a 2019 case involving the alleged grabbing and damaging of the Gandhi Ashram in the Azamgarh district.
Taking note of his long criminal antecedents of 80 cases, the bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh noted that he is a Bahubali, gangster and a dreaded criminal of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and is known for having bahubali, mafia, and gangster culture.
The bench also noted that he has a long, rich but inglorious criminal history of heinous offences to his name, including 15 murder cases and that he was convicted very recently in two cases (under sections 302 and 420).
“The accused applicant had allegedly committed the first offence of murder in the year 1974 and in 48 years of his long and heinous journey in the world of crime, he could be convicted only in two cases recently in the year 2022,” the Court said.
“This phenomenon is very perturbing and does not auger well for a democratic polity and a society which is governed by rule of law. All wings of the government i.e. executive, legislative and judiciary, must share the blame for allowing such a dreaded criminal to go scot-free in several heinous offences which have been noted hereinabove. Such a criminal should not have any place in society,” the bench further added.
Against this backdrop, opining that such a dreaded criminal should not be allowed to be set free by enlarging him on bail and that such a person is a constant threat to the civil society governed by the rule of law, the Court denied him bail.
The case in brief
The case against Yadav pertains to breaking open the locks of Gandhi Ashram in Azamgarh and stealing government property and documents and painting the Ashram premises with pink color and the Ashram building got occupied by the accused applicant and his sons.
Consequently, he was booked under Sections 120-B, 454, 380, 447 I.P.C., and Section 3(2)(ka) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.
In its order, the Court noted that Yadav had accumulated wealth and properties of several hundred crores from the proceeds of crime, using his political clout, muscle power, mafia, and don image.
The Court also said that he had been acquitted in several cases of heinous offences as he would win over the witnesses or make the witnesses tired or get them eliminated.
Consequently, stressing that such a person is a constant threat to the civil society governed by the rule of law, the Court, on an overall conspectus of the facts and circumstances of the case, did not find any ground to enlarge him on bail.
Appearances
Counsel for Applicant: Ram Pratap Yadav, Devbratt Yadav
Counsel for Opposite Party: G.A., Hanuman Deen Verma
Case title - Umakant Yadav vs. State of U.P. [CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22865 of 2020]
Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 79