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2025 DAILYLAW 131056 (ALL)

KULWANT SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECRETARY, HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND 2 OTHERS

CRLP/2657/2025 · 2025-04-02

Rajnish Kumar

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:18263 Court No. - 11 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 2657 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kulwant Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ram Lakhan Vishwakarma,Sumer Chandra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Rajnish Kumar,J. Heard Sri Ram Lakhan Vishwakarma, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGA. Learned AGA raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner has an alternative and statutory remedy of appeal under Section 5 A of the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Amendment Act 2020,which could not be disputed by learned counsel for the petitioner and he submits that the appeal may be dismissed as not pressed with liberty to avail the appropriate remedy as available under law. However, he submits that since the appeal of confiscation of goods, vehicles are not being decided by the Commissioner, Lucknow Division, Lucknow for a long time and the vehicle is perishing, a direction may also be issued for disposal of the appeal in a time bound manner. In view of above, the petition is dismissed as not pressed with liberty to avail the appropriate remedy as available under law. In case the remedy is availed and the appeal is not disposed of in a reasonable period, the petitioner may move application for expeditious disposal before the court concerned. As prayed by learned counsel for the petitioner, office is directed to return the certified copy/copies annexed with this petition to learned counsel for the petitioner after keeping the photocopy/photocopies of the same on record in accordance with law. Order Date :- 2.4.2025 Akanksha Sri/- Digitally signed by :- AKANKSHA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- AKANKSHA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- AKANKSHA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench