MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER
CRLA/1224/2025 · 2025-04-24
Alok Mathur
Criminal Appealbody2025
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23804 Court No. - 12 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1224 of 2025 Appellant :- Mahendra Pratap Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Appellant :- Pankaj Kumar Verma Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.
1. Heard Sri Pankaj Kumar Verma, learned counsel for appellant as well as learned Additional Government Advocate for State.
2. The present criminal appeal under Section 14-A(1) of the SC/ST Act has been filed against summoning order dated 21.09.2023, passed by the Special Judge (SC/ST Act), Raebareli in Special Sessions Trial No. 1555 of 2023 - State Vs. Mahendra Pratap Singh, arising out of Case Crime No. 0197 of 2023, under Sections 323, 504, 325 IPC and Section 3(1)(r)(s) of SC/ST Act, Police Station - Uchahar, District - Raebareli as well as charge sheet dated 22.07.2023, filed in the aforesaid case.
3. Learned counsel for appellant, after arguing the matter at some length, submits that grievance of appellant shall be substantially redressed in case appellant is granted liberty to file a bail application before the Court concerned, which may be decided in view of law laid down by Supreme Court in "Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another, Special Leave to Appeal (Cri)No.5191 of 2021".
4. Learned A.G.A. has no objection in case suitable directions are issued to the Court concerned to consider and decide the appellant's application for bail in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra).
5. In view of the above, prayer for quashing the impugned summoning
order as well as charge sheet is refused. So far as other prayer is concerned, it is provided that in case the appellant appears before the trial Court within three weeks from today and applies for bail, the same shall be decided expeditiously, in view of the law laid down by Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil's case (supra).
6. The appeal is accordingly disposed of.
Order Date :- 24.4.2025 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench