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2025 DAILYLAW 134674 (ALL)

ARCHANA SINGH AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. THE PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME CIVIL SECTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/3316/2025 · 2025-04-18

Saral Srivastava

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22149 Court No. - 19 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3316 of 2025 Applicant :- Archana Singh And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Civil Sectt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Neeraj Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saral Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. Applicants by means of present application has prayed for following relief: "Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash/set-aside the impugned charge sheet dated 31.07.2023 arising out of Case Crime No.86/2023 (in respect of petitioner no.1 under Section 406 IPC and in respect of petitioner no.2 under Sections: 419, 420, 406, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Sangramgarh, District Pratapgarh as well as summoning order dated 26.09.2023 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kunda, Pratapgarh in Criminal Case No.4057 of 2023 (State Versus Sher Bahadur Singh & others) including entire criminal proceedings initiated in pursuance thereof, so far it relates to the petitioners, as contained in Annexure No.1 & 2 respectively to this petition." 3. After some arguments, learned counsel for the applicants has made a statement at the Bar that he does not want to press other prayers made in the prayer clause and has confined his prayer only to the relief that the applicants are ready to surrender before the trial court and in case, applicants file an application for bail, their bail application may be considered and disposed of 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 reported in (2021) 10 SCC 773. 4. Per contra, learned AGA has opposed the prayer. 5. In view of the above statement, it is directed that in case, the applicants appear before the trial court within 30 days from today and apply for bail, their bail applications be considered and disposed of 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 (supra) after hearing both the parties. 6. For a period of 30 days from today or till the applicants surrender and move such an application for bail, whichever is earlier, no coercive measure shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case. 7. With the aforesaid observations, the application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is finally disposed off. Order Date :- 18.4.2025 Mohit Digitally signed by :- MOHIT KUMAR KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench