*HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 12674 of 2020 Court No. - 81 HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application has been filed to quash charge sheet dated 30.9.2019 arising out of case crime no.533 of 2019 under section- 420 I.P.C. and Section 3,5 and 8 of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, Police Station Kotwali, District-Mainpuri. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that no offence is made out against the applicant and that the present prosecution has been instituted with a mala fide intention to cause harassment. 4. In the absence of any of the grounds recognized by the Supreme Court which may justify the quashing of the complaint or the impugned proceedings, the prayer for quashing the chargesheet is refused, as no abuse of the process of the Court is made out. The summoning court is vested with sufficient powers to discharge the accused even before the stage of framing of charges, if, for reasons to be recorded, it considers the charge to be groundless. 5. As requested, the applicant is permitted to appear before the concerned court within 20 days from today through counsel and move an application seeking discharge. 6. No coercive measures shall be adopted against the applicant for a period of 20 days from today or till the filing of the discharge application, whichever is earlier. 7. If the concerned court, after hearing the counsel for the accused, is persuaded to take the view that the accused ought not to have been Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abhinav Gaur, Prateek Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Kallu Baksh .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) summoned and that the charge is groundless, it shall not abstain from discharging the accused merely on the ground that the material available at the time of summoning is the same as that available at the time of consideration of the discharge application. 8. On the other hand, if the court, after hearing the counsel for the accused, holds the view that the accused has been rightly summoned and that the material on record does not indicate the charges to be groundless, it shall pass an order to that effect and proceed further in the matter in accordance with law. It shall also be at liberty to adopt such measures as are permissible in law to secure the presence of the accused. 9. In case, applicant or his counsel does not appear to press the discharge application despite being afforded opportunity given by the trial court, the trial court shall proceed to decide the same on merits after considering the material available on record. 10. With the aforesaid observations, this application stands disposed of. September 9, 2026 Gss A482 No. 12674 of 2020 2 (Madan Pal Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- GIRAJA SHANKER SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad