Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:19998 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2356 of 2025 Applicant :- Sonlata And 4 Other Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Dharmendra Kumar Singh,Ankit Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. 2. The present application has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (now 528 of B.N.S.S.) by the applicants with the following main prayers:- "Whereof it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to quash the charge sheet no. 2 dated 24.1.2024 submitted in case No. 892 of 2024, Crime No. 0322 of 2023 under section 354(ka)/354(ga)/506 I.P.C. and section 12/11 POCSO Act, Police Station Thakurganj, District Lucknow as well as summoning order dated 02.05.2024 passed by learned Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge POCSO Act, Lucknow in respect of petitioners as contained in annexure no.1 and 2 respectively to this petition, in the interest of justice." 3. After arguing 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 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 and 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 applicants. 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 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. 6. Liberty is also granted to the applicants to move discharge application before the court below and the same shall be decided expeditiously, if there is no any other legal impediment and 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 applicants apply for bail, whichever is earlier, he would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case. Order Date :- 9.4.2025 AKK Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench