Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:10581 Court No. - 18 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1529 of 2025 Applicant :- Shivam Bhaskar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Home) Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjai Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State of U.P./opposite party no.1 and perused the record. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to quash the charge-sheet dated 17.12.2024, orders dated 18.01.2025 and 04.02.2025 and proceedings of Criminal Case No. 75694 of 2024 (State vs. Ayodhya Pd & Others) arising out of Case Crime No. 277 of 2023, under Sections 419, 420, 406, 386, 388, 120-B, 34, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., Police Station Nagram, District Lucknow pending in the Court of learned A.C.J.M-IV, Lucknow. At the outset learned counsel for the applicant gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned charge-sheet, impugned orders and criminal proceedings against the applicant and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicant to surrender before the concerned court below. The learned counsel for the applicant further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application on merits and prayed that a direction may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously. Learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P. submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought for by him on merits and wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection if the Court grants protection to him for a short period. In view of the above, the relief as sought by the applicant in the instant application is refused. However considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant, it is directed that the applicant shall surrender before the concerned court below within two weeks from today and in case applies for bail, the bail application of the applicant shall be disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law and keeping in view the guidelines as laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in 2021 SCC Online SC 922. For the period of two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, he shall not be arrested in the above case. With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of. Order Date :- 18.2.2025 saurabh Digitally signed by :- SAURABH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench