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2025 DAILYLAW 1096 (UTT)

MONIKA AND ORS v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

C528/47/2025 · 2025-01-09

Pankaj Purohit

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2025:UHC:369 S L . N o . Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528/47/2025 Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for the applicants. 2. Mr. Vipul Painuly along with Ms. Sweta Badola Dobhal, learned Brief Holders for the State. 3. By means of this present C582 application, the applicants have challenged the summoning order dated 01.07.2023 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.1624 of 2023, State vs. Monika & others, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate under Sections 285, 323, 427, 452, 504 & 506 IPC. 4. After arguing for a while, learned counsel for the applicants limited his prayer to the extent that applicants may be permitted to surrender before the court concerned and their bail application may be directed to be decided within fifteen days. 5. He also placed reliance upon the authority of Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another, reported in (2021) 10 SCC 773. For the sake of convenience, relevant portion thereof is quoted hereinbelow:- “3.Category A(e) Bail applications of such accused on appearance may be decided without the accused being taken in physical custody or by granting interim bail till the bail application is decided.” 6. In such view of the matter, present C528 application is disposed of permitting the applicants to 2025:UHC:369 surrender before the concerned court on or before 23.01.2025; if any bail application is moved on their behalf, the court concerned is directed to decide the same in view of dictum of the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (Supra). 7. Pending application, if any, stands disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 09.01.2025 AK 2025:UHC:369