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2025 DAILYLAW 104181 (ALL)

DR S PAUL @ SANTOSH KUMAR v. State of U.P. AND ANOTHER

A482/34711/2024 · 2025-07-28

Saurabh Srivastava

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:125496 Court No. - 77 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 34711 of 2024 Applicant :- Dr S Paul @ Santosh Kumar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Nand Lal Yadav,Rajendra Kumar 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 entire proceedings of Case No.6966 of 2024 (State vs. Dr. Paul @ Santosh Kumar) arising out of Case Crime No.164 of 2019, under section 304 I.P.C. and section 34 of National Medical Commission Act, 2019, P.S. Khukhundu, District- Deoria, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.17, Deoria, including summoning order dated 18.05.2024. 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 apply for bail, his bail application may be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law, including the law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825) to which learned counsel for opposite parties 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 apply for bail, his bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously 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 :- 29.7.2025/Saif Digitally signed by :- SHAIKH SAIF ABDIN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad