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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 44592 of 2024 Court No. - 77 HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
2. This application has been filed by the applicants to quash the entire criminal proceedings of Special Case No. 778 of 2019 arising out of Case Crime No.488 of 2018 (State of U.P. vs. Rajpal and others) under Section 138 of the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003, Police Station - Nakur, District Saharanpur as well as charge sheet dated 17.10.2018 and cognizance order dated 23.09.2019.
3. On perusal of the narration of FIR as well as impugned order alongwith chargesheet, this Court does not find it to be a case where interference of this Court is required. No such ground appears to be available in the present application, on the basis of which, impugned order along with chargesheet and entire criminal proceedings of the said case, can be set aside.
4. Accordingly, the prayer sought through the instant application, is refused.
5. Lastly, learned counsel for applicants submitted that liberty may be granted to applicants to surrender before the court concerned and apply for bail to which learned AGA has no objection.
6. In view of the aforesaid, the instant application 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, their bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825).
7. However, it is made clear that till three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against applicants herein in pursuance of aforesaid case. September 18, 2025 Rakesh Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dhiraj Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Kartikeya Saran, Krishna Agarawal (Saurabh Srivastava,J.) Rajpal And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Other .....Opposite Party(s) Digitally signed by :- RAKESH SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad