KESHAU AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO AND ANOTHER
A482/1306/2025 · 2025-02-12
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:9039 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1306 of 2025 Applicant :- Keshau And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Akhil Kumar Singh,Ankit Singh,Gyanendra Pratap Yadav 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 by the applicants for the following main reliefs:-
"Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the impugned Charge-Sheet preferred for Quashing of chargesheet dated 22/01/2023 filed before Learned civil Judge (Sr. Division) Third Ayodhya in case no 894/23 "State vs Keshau" in case crime no 552/2022 U/Ss. 419,420,504,506,352 IPC, P.S Kotwali Bikapur District Ayodhya. In alternate, this Hon'ble court may be please to issue direction passed by Hon'ble Apex court in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. CBI & Anr, CRMABA No. 7598 of 2021 to direct the Learned Court below to consider the bail application of the Petitioner." After arguing the matter 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 directed to be decided in view of law laid down by 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 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, their 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 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 applicants apply for bail, whichever is earlier, they 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 :- 12.2.2025 Jyoti/- Digitally signed by :- JYOTI RAJWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench