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2025 DAILYLAW 10249 (ALL)

VINAY GUPTA v. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

A482/2261/2025 · 2025-08-18

Saurabh Srivastava

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:141618 Court No. - 77 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2261 of 2025 Applicant :- Vinay Gupta Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Santosh Kukmar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. This application under section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred to quash the impugned order dated 10.01.2025 passed by learned Special Judge/POCSO Act, Pilibhit including the entire proceedings of Session Trial No. 302 of 2021 (State vs. Vinay Gupta and another) arising out of Case Crime No. 0081 of 2021, under sections 363, 366, 506 I.P.C. and Sections 16/17 of POCSO Act, Police Station-Pooranpur, District-Pilibhit as well as to stay the further proceedings of abovementioned case. 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the applicant submitted that he is not pressing the application on merits and confined his prayer only to the extent that the present application may be disposed of finally with a direction to the court concerned that in case applicant surrenders before it and applies for bail, his bail application may be considered and decided expeditiously on same day in accordance with law to which learned counsel for the respondents have no objection. 4. In view of the aforesaid, the instant application under section 482 Cr.P.C. is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned that in case, the applicant surrenders before the court concerned within a period of three weeks from today and applies for bail, his bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously on same day in accordance with settled law. 5. However, it is made clear that till three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant herein. Order Date :- 19.8.2025 #Vik/- Digitally signed by :- VIKRAM GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad