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2025 DAILYLAW 120541 (ALL)

ANOOP KUMAR SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/822/2025 · 2025-01-29

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:5973 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 822 of 2025 Applicant :- Anoop Kumar Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Harish Kumar,Arvind Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. The present application has been filed for the following main relief:- "Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the entire proceedings of Sessions Trial No.775 of 2024; State Versus Maan Singh and another, arising out of Case Crime No.440 of 2023; under sections-323, 504 I.P.C. and Sections 3 (1) (Da) (Dha) S.C.S.T. Act, relating to the Police Station- Dubagga, District- Lucknow, pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, S.C./S.T. Act, Lucknow, as well as impugned chargesheet dated 3.2.2024, submitted by the Investigating Officer against the petitioner, under sections-323, 504 I.P.C. and Sections 3 (1) (Da) (Dha), in aforesaid Case Crime No.440 of 2023, as contained in Annexure no. 1 to this petition, so far as the same relate to the petitioner, in the interest of law and justice." 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 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 applicant. 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 applicant 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 applicant applies for bail, whichever is earlier, he would not take any coercive action against the applicant in the aforesaid case. With the aforesaid observations, the present application is disposed of. Order Date :- 29.1.2025 Jyoti/- Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench