Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22023 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 226 of 2025 Applicant :- Ravi Tripathi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Saurabh Singh,Ashok Kumar Chaube,Shikhar Chaube Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant 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 applicant with the following prayer:- "i. quash the entire criminal proceedings pending before learned ADJ/Special Judge POCSO Act in Session Trial No. 330 of 2025, Case Crime No. 608 of 2024, State of Uttar Pradesh Versus Ravi Tripathi, including impugned summoning order dated 24.02.2025, passed by learned Additional District Judge/Special Judge POCSO Act and impugned Charge Sheet No. 01 dated 28.01.2025 filed in Case Crime No. 608/2024, U/s- 75(2), 78(2), 79, 333, 352, 351(3), 76, 115(2), 126(2) BNS 2023, Section- 3(1)(Dha)(Da) 3(2)(va) SC/ST Act & Section-7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station Thakurganj, District Lucknow, contained as Annexure Nos. 1 & 2, respectively to this application. ii. stay the further proceedings of Session Trial No. 330 of 2025, Case Crime No. 608 of 2024, State of Uttar Pradesh Versus Ravi Tripathi arises out of Case Crime No. 608/2024 U/s- 75(2), 78(2), 79, 333, 352, 351(3), 76, 115(2), 126(2) BNS 2023, Section 3(1) (Da) (Dha) 3(2)(va) SC/ST Act & Section- 7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station Thakurganj, District Lucknow, pending in the Court of ADJ/Special Judge POCSO Act, Lucknow." 3. After arguing 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 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 as 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 applicant. 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 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. 6. 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, if there is no other legal impediment. 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 applicant applies for bail, whichever is earlier, he would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case. 8. With the aforesaid observations, the present application, is disposed of. Order Date :- 18.4.2025 S. Kumar Digitally signed by :- SANTOSH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench