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2025 DAILYLAW 132901 (ALL)

SURENDRA KUMAR AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/3277/2025 · 2025-04-17

Manish Kumar

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:21649 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3277 of 2025 Applicant :- Surendra Kumar And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prince Singh,Digvijay Singh,Richa Saxena Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. 1. Heard Sri Prince Singh, learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA for the State and 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:- "to quash the charge-sheet dated 25.02.2019 and summoning order dated 02.08.2019 wherein the court below taken cognizance, in the interest of justice. It is further submitted that this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to stay the further proceedings of summoning order dated 02.08.2019 in Case Crime No.364/2018, U/s 419, 420, 120-B I.P.C., P,.S. - Gosainganj, District Lucknow." 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. 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 and 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. 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 :- 17.4.2025 S. Kumar Digitally signed by :- SANTOSH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench