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2025 DAILYLAW 115451 (ALL)

BARKAT @ BARKAT ALI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME DEPTT. U.P. LKO. AND ANOTHER

/134/2025 · 2025-01-31

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:6894 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 134 of 2025 Applicant :- Barkat @ Barkat Ali Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Arti Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. 2. The present application has been filed by the applicant with the following prayer:- "To quash the impugned Non Bailable Warrant dated 22.10.2024 passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Room No.20, Sultanpur against the applicant on the basis of application filed by the Investigating Officer in Case Crime No.21/2024, Under Sections- 3/5A/8 U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11 Gha of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, at Police Station- Dhanpatganj, District- Sultanpur." 3. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that liberty may be given to the applicant 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 Satendra Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022) 10 S.C.R. 351 : (2022) 10 SCC 51 and Musheer Alam vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 116 as also to prefer a discharge application before the court below and the same may be decided expeditiously. 4. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant. 5. Keeping in view the aforesaid, the present application U/s 482 Cr.P.C. read with Section 528 BNSS is disposed of with liberty as prayed for and with a direction to the court below that if the applicant applies for bail before the Court concerned, his prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. 6. Liberty is also granted to the applicant to move discharge application before the court below and the same shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law. 7. Taking note of the facts of the case and also the observations made in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil (Supra) and Musheer Alam (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 applicant applies for bail, whichever is earlier, he would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case. 8. With the aforesaid observations, the present application, is disposed of. Order Date :- 31.1.2025 G. Singh/ Anand Digitally signed by :- ANAND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench