RAMAKANT BAJPAI AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/3569/2025 · 2025-05-12
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27623 Court No. - 14 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3569 of 2025 Applicant :- Ramakant Bajpai And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Manoj Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants 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
main
prayers:-
"(i) To set aside the entire criminal proceedings of Case No. 267 of 2020 " State Versus Ramakant Bajpai & others" pending in the Court of Learned ACJ(SD)/II ACJM, Raebareli arising out of Case Crime No. 0525 of 2019, Under Sections 323, 504, 506, 427 IPC Police Station-Bhadokhar, District Raebareli as well as impugned summoning order dated 26.6.2020 and impugned chargesheet dated 16.12.2019 filed by Investigating Officer against the petitioners as contained in Annexure N.2 & 3 to this petition."
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 and also to prefer a discharge application before the court below and the same may be decided expeditiously.
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 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. Liberty is also granted to the applicants to move discharge application before the court below and the same
shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law, if there
is
no
any
other
legal
impediment.
7. 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 applicants apply for bail, whichever is earlier, he would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case.
Order Date :- 12.5.2025 AKK Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench