SURAJPATI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/2362/2025 · 2025-03-12
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:15456
Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2362 of 2025 Applicant :- Surajpati Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ravindra Shukla 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 reliefs:-
"Wherefore, it is most humble prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quashed the Non Bailable Warrant dated 07/01/2025 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court No. 17 Sultanpur in Crl. Misc. Case No. 309/2023 Badri Prasad Vs. Smt. Kaewla Under Section- 419/420/467/468/471 I.P.C. relating to Police Station-Haliyapur, District- Sultanpur which is pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Room No. 17 Sultanpur against the petitioner, in the interest of 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 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, if the charges have already not been framed, 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.
Order Date :- 12.3.2025 Anand/- Digitally signed by :- ANAND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench