ANKIT SINGH @ ANKIT KUMAR SINGH AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
CRLA/1376/2025 · 2025-05-12
Alok Mathur
Criminal Appealbody2025
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 137640 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27783 Court No. - 12 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1376 of 2025 Appellant :- Ankit Singh @ Ankit Kumar Singh And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Appellant :- Dinesh Chandra Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.
1. Heard Sri Dinesh Chandra Singh, learned counsel for appellants as well as learned Additional Government Advocate for State. In the light of proposed order notice to opposite party no. 2 is dispensed with. 2. The present criminal appeal under Section 14A(1) of the SC/ST Act has been filed for quashing the summoning order dated 15.01.2025, passed by the Special Judge (SC/ST Act), Ambedkar Nagar in Criminal Case No. 38 of 2025, arising out of Case Crime No. 32 of 2024, under Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3(1)(Da) and 3(1)(Dha) of SC/ST Act, Police Station - Ahirauli, District - Ambedkar Nagar. 3. Learned counsel for appellants, after arguing the matter at some length, submits that grievance of appellants shall be substantially redressed in case appellants are granted liberty to file bail application(s) 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 appellants application(s) 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 is refused. So far as other prayer is concerned, it is provided that in case the appellants appear before the trial Court within three weeks from today and apply 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. It is further provided that appellants are also permitted to move discharge application(s) through counsel within four
weeks' from today and in case any such application(s) is/are being filed, same shall be heard and decided expeditiously after hearing the parties, in accordance with law, by means of a reasoned and speaking order. 7.
Till the aforesaid period of four weeks' and during pendency of discharge application, no coercive steps shall be taken against the appellants in the aforesaid case. 8. In case of failure on the part of appellants in moving the bail/discharge application(s) within the aforesaid period, they will not be entitled to the benefit of this order. 9. The appeal is accordingly disposed of. Order Date :- 12.5.2025 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench