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Allahabad HC Rejects Second Bail Pleas Of Karwariya Brothers In 1996 Murder Case
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News18•07-10-2026, 22:30
Allahabad HC Rejects Second Bail Pleas Of Karwariya Brothers In 1996 Murder Case
- •The Allahabad High Court rejected the second bail applications of former BSP MP Kapil Muni Karwariya, former MLC Surya Bhan Karwariya, and Ramchandra Tripathi.
- •The accused are serving life imprisonment for the 1996 broad daylight murder of then Samajwadi Party MLA Jawahar Yadav in Prayagraj.
- •Another convict and former MLA Uday Bhan Karwariya did not file a second bail plea because his sentence was recently commuted by the Uttar Pradesh government.
- •The appellants sought bail based on prolonged incarceration and pending appeals, but the court noted that their defence repeatedly sought adjournments instead of arguing the merits.
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The Allahabad High Court rejected the second bail applications because the appellants repeatedly sought adjournments instead of arguing their main appeals on merits, and the court held that the gravity of the offence and their conduct disentitled them from bail based solely on prolonged incarceration.
The Karwariya brothers and their accomplices were convicted in 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment for the August 13, 1996, broad-daylight murder of then Samajwadi Party MLA Jawahar Yadav using an AK-47 assault rifle in Prayagraj.
Former MLA Uday Bhan Karwariya, who is also serving a life term in the same murder case, did not file a second bail application because his sentence was recently commuted by the Uttar Pradesh government.
