HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 11306 of 2024 Court No. - 86 HON'BLE SHEKHAR KUMAR YADAV, J. 1.Heard learned counsel for the appellants, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 as well as learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2.This Criminal appeal under Section 14-A (1) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, (in short of 'the SC/ST Act) has been preferred by the appellants with the prayer to set aside/quash the summoning order dated 24.7.2024 passed by the Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Etah in W.S.C.C. no. 11 of 2024, (Sangeeta Vs. Sachin Kumar and others), under Section 323, 354 IPC and 3 (2) (Va) of SC/ST Act, P.S. Malawan, District Etah. 3.The contention of the learned counsel for the applicants is that no offence against the applicants is disclosed and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. The appellants are innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. 4.From the perusal of the material on record and looking into the facts of the case at this stage it cannot be said that no offence is made out against the applicant. All the submissions made at the bar relate to the disputed questions of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court. At this stage only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by Supreme Court in cases of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, A.IR. 1960 S.C. 866, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P. Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192, and Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another (Para-10) 2005 SCC Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Ray Sahab Yadav, Surya Prakash Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ashish Goyal, G.A. Sachin Kumar And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) (Cr.) 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage. Moreover, the applicant has got a right of discharge before the court below and he is free to take all the submissions in the said discharge application before the trial court. 5.The prayer for quashing the impugned order of the aforementioned case is refused. 6. However, it is provided that if the appellants appear and surrender within 30 days from today before the court below and apply of bail, their prayer for bail shall be considered and decided in accordance with law. 7.With the aforesaid observations this Criminal appeal is finally disposed off. October 13, 2025 A. CRLA No. 11306 of 2024 2 (Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.) Digitally signed by :- AFAQ AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad