HC stays arrest of album produceraccused of abducting actress | Prayagraj News
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has stayed the arrest of the producer of music albums who was accused of abducting a woman who had signed an agreement to work in his album as an actor.Staying the arrest, a division bench comprising Justice Siddharth and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra also issued a notice to first informant, Sushmita Yadav, who is the sister of the artist.According to the prosecution, Sushmita Yadav informed the police that her sister, Anupama Yadav, was in a relationship with an album producer Sunil Yadav (petitioner) and they were going to get married in April. On Feb 19, 2025, Sunil Yadav came to her residence and said that he had to go to Nepal for wedding shopping and took Anupama with him.After two hours, Anupama called her brother, Surya Kumar Yadav, and informed him that Sunil was not taking her to Nepal but to Bihar.After that, Anupama’s mobile phone was found to be switched off. On Feb 22, 2025, Sunil Yadav took the call of Sushmita and informed her that Anupama was not with him. Sushmita lodged an FIR against Sunil the next day.The petitioner alleged that Sushmita and Anupama were running a racket, extorting money by blackmailing innocent people.The counsel for the petitioner, Manoj Yadav, submitted that Sunil produced albums and on Anupama’s request, he agreed to give her a role and gave her Rs 6-7 lakh.“When the petitioner asked Anupama to work in the album or return his money, she cooked up a fabricated story of her abduction,” he said, claiming that the case registered against Sunil Yadav was fake and liable to be quashed by the high court.The court, in its order dated May 27, said that matter required consideration and restrained the arrest of the petitioner in pursuant to the FIR dated Feb 23, 2025, under Section 87 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing a woman to compel her for marriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Kotwali police station in Deoria district, subject to cooperation in the investigation.
