PRAVESH KUMAR GUPTA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
CRLA/1619/2025 · 2025-05-28
Alok Mathur
Criminal Appealbody2025
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:32144 Court No. - 12 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1619 of 2025 Appellant :- Pravesh Kumar Gupta Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Appellant :- Durgesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.G.A. for the State.
2. By means of present appeal under Section 14-A(1) of SC/ST Act 1989, the appellant has challenged the entire criminal proceeding of Special Session Trial No. 153 of 2023, Sessions Case No. 627 of 2023; (State of Pravesh Kumar Gupta @ Rinku Gupta), arising out of charge sheet No. A 318 of 2023 dated 04.08.2023 under Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3(2) (Va) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Police Station Kotwali Rudauli, District Ayodhya as well as summoning order dated 06.09.2023 passed by learned Special Judge SC/ST Act, Ayodhya/ Faizabad.
3. After arguing for sometime, learned counsel for the appellants submits that he does not want to press this appeal and seeks liberty to move an application for discharge through counsel before the trial court and the same may be decided by the learned trial court in a time bound manner.
4. Accordingly, it is provided that in case, the appellant moves an appropriate application for discharge through counsel before the concerned Court below within a period of fifteen days from today, the same shall be considered and decided expeditiously, preferably within a period of two months in accordance with law, by the concerned trial court.
5. With the aforesaid directions, this criminal appeal is finally
disposed of. (Alok Mathur, J.)
Order Date :- 28.5.2025/Muk Digitally signed by :- MOHD UMAR KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench