SHEKHAR SANDAL @ SHEKHAR CHANDRA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HOME LKO AND ANOTHER
A482/2619/2025 · 2025-04-08
Manish Kumar
Civil Appealbody2025
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:19538 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 2619 of 2025 Applicant :- Shekhar Sandal @ Shekhar Chandra Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Lko And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Syed Waqar Husain,Salman Abbas Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.
1. Heard Ms. Shahnaz Bano, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Salman Abbas, 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 applicants with the following prayer:-
" It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased quash/set-aside the order(s) dated 13.01.2025 & 15.02.2025 "issuance of NBW" passed by learned ACJM IV Lucknow passed in Crime No. 467/2019 Under Sections 406, 420, 506 IPC PS Vikas Nagar District Lucknow and all consequential proceeding in the light of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court in case of Delhi Race club (1940) Ltd & Ors State of U.P. Civil Appeal No. 3114/2024 & Inder Mohan Goswami V. State of Uttaranchal (2007) 12 SCC 1; (2008) 1 SCC (Cri) 259 ... "
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 . 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.
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. 7. With the aforesaid observations, the present application, is
disposed of.
Order Date :- 8.4.2025 Ashish Digitally signed by :- ASHISH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench