Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:10324 Court No. - 52 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 32529 of 2024 Applicant :- Ram Awadh Yadav And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Shashi Bhushan Kunwar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicants today in the Court, is taken on record. Office is directed to register the same. 2. Heard learned counsel for applicants, learned counsel for the State and perused the records. 3. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed to quash the order dated 24.04.2024 passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ballia in Criminal Case No.1236 of 2016 (State of U.P. vs. Ram Awadh Yadav and others), arising out of Case Crime No.433 of 2015, under Sections 498A, 323, 504 IPC and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station-Nagra, District-Ballia, whereby N.B.W. has been issued against the applicants. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants were released on bail and are facing trial. However, as prosecution witnesses are not turning up, N.B.W. have been issued against the accused-applicants. Several other submissions have been made on behalf of the applicants to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against them. The circumstances which, as per counsel, led to the false implication of the applicants have also been touched upon at length. 5. At the very outset, learned A.G.A. as well as counsel for the opposite party no.2 point out that charge sheet in the present case is of the year 2015. As per the order sheet as annexed at Page 105 of the application, the applicants have not appeared on a number of occasions after 2016, which means that they are avoiding facing trial. Non bailable warrants have also been issued against the applicants but they are not appearing before Court concerned. The applicants have failed to substantiate before this Court that as to why they could not appear before the Court concerned. The proceedings of the court concerned have been held up on account of non appearance of the applicants and as such the applicants are fleeing from the process of law without any reasonable cause. 6. "Fleeing from justice" refers to the act of accused in evading or avoiding arrest, prosecution, or punishment for a crime. An accused in aforesaid act tries to avoid facing criminal prosecution by often avoiding summons, warrants and other process issued by the court. An accused is legally bound to comply with the summons issued by the court of law except where the process is challenged before the higher forum by the accused. Any person who has been issued process by court of law cannot be permitted to evade the same thereby not permitting the court of law to proceed in the administration of justice. The said act of accused in avoiding the process of court of law without any justification effects the very cause of justice. An accused fleeing from justice without reasonable cause has the effect of stopping/slowing the criminal process of law which effects the cause of speedy justice to the victim or society at large. Non appearance of an accused before the court concerned when the summons has been served (without reasonable explanation for non-appearance) may be indicative of the fact that such accused do not have respect to the process of law." 7. It is important for rule of law to prevail that the criminal trial is completed without delay. Where an accused flees from the process of law and thereby avoids appearing before the court, the very concept of speedy trial is put at peril and justice to the victim is delayed. 8. The supreme court in Vipan Kumar Dhir v. State of Punjab, (2021) 15 SCC 518 has observed that while granting relief, the possibility of the accused to influence prosecution witnesses, fleeing from justice or creating other impediments in the fair investigation, ought not to be overlooked. 9. While considering the question of whether an accused is fleeing from justice, the conduct of the accused in respect of the process of law is required to be considered. In criminal prosecution when the court find material against the accused sufficient for prosecution, the court issues summons or warrants for appearance to the accused for participation in the trial. When the summons or warrants are served on the accused in accordance with law then duty is cast on the accused to appear before the court concerned except where there exists justification for non-appearance of the accused before the accused. An accused who is served with the process of court and fails to appear before the court concerned without any reasonable cause can be said to be fleeing from the process of law. 10. When confronted with above, the learned counsel for the applicants could not overcome the same. 11. Having heard the learned counsel for applicants and learned A.G.A. for State and upon perusal of record, this Court finds that the objection raised by the learned A.G.A. in opposition to this application have borne out from the record and further the same could not be dislodged by the learned counsel for applicants, therefore, no good ground exists to entertain the present application. 12. In view of the aforesaid, the present application is dismissed. Order Date :- 20.1.2025 Jitendra/- Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad