RAJ MANGAL PANDEY AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME DEPTT. AND ANOTHER
/87/2025 · 2025-01-08
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:1233 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 87 of 2025 Applicant :- Raj Mangal Pandey And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prem Prakash Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. The present application has been filed for the following main relief:-
"For the facts, reasons and circumstances stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the summoning order dated 06/05/2022 along with Charge-sheet No. 116 of 2021 dated 11/06/2021 as well as proceedings of Criminal Case No.- 775/2022, State VS Nidhi Pandey and Others arising out of case crime no.- 344/2020, U/S- 504,506 IPC, Police- Station-Haiderganj, District-Ayodhya/Faizabad, pending in the court of Judical Magistrate Second , Ayodhya /Faizabad, in the interest of justice. It is further prayed that proceeding of Criminal Case No.- 775/2022, State VS Nidhi Pandey and Others arising out of case crime no.-344/2020, U/S- 504,506 IPC, Police- Station-Haiderganj, District- Ayodhya, pending in the court of Judical Magistrate Second , Ayodhya /Faizabad may kindly be stayed in the interest of justice." After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the applicants has submitted that liberty may be given to the applicants to file bail application before the trial court which may be decided in view of law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another, (2022) 10 S.C.R. 351: (2022) 10 SCC 51 as also to prefer a discharge application before the court below and the same may be decided expeditiously. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants. Keeping in view the aforesaid, the present application is disposed of with liberty as prayed for and with a direction to the court below that if the applicants apply for bail before the Court concerned, his prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. Liberty is also granted to the applicants to move discharge application before the
court below and the same shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law.
Taking note of the facts of the case and also the observation made in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil (Supra), this Court is of the view that it would be appropriate to observe that it is expected from the Police Officer concerned that for a period of 30 days from today or till the applicants apply for bail, whichever is earlier, he would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case. With the aforesaid observations, the present application is disposed of. Order Date :- 8.1.2025 Jyoti/- Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench