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2025 DAILYLAW 121757 (ALL)

SUBHABRATA PAUL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/1037/2025 · 2025-02-05

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:7408 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1037 of 2025 Applicant :- Subhabrata Paul Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Shweta Mishra,Harshit Singh 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 by the applicant 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 proceedings of Criminal Case: No:10563 of 2017, State Versus Subhabrata Paul, in pursuance of Charge Sheet No.1 of 2017 dated 03.02.2017 arising out of Case Crime No.0080 of 2016 Under section 420 I.P.C. & 66 IT Act Police Station-Mahanagar District-Lucknow Pending in the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Custom, Lucknow, and also stay the operation and implementation of the impugned summoning order dated 30.03.2017, passed by the learned the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Custom, Lucknow, as contained in Annexure no.1 and 2 respectively to the petition, as far as the same relate to the Applicant, in the interest of law and justice." After arguing the matter 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 directed to be decided in view of law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Satender 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, and also to prefer a discharge application before the court below and the same may also be directed to 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 applicant applies 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 observations made by the Hon'ble Apex Court 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, they 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 :- 5.2.2025/Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench