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2025 DAILYLAW 149673 (ALL)

KAPIL DEV YADAV AND 7 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/5452/2025 · 2025-07-07

Manish Kumar

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:38300 Court No. - 27 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 5452 of 2025 Applicant :- Kapil Dev Yadav And 7 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Krishna Ram Yadav,Monu Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C/528 B.N.S.S has been filed with the following main prayer:- " For the facts, reasons and circumstances stated in the accompanying affidavit that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to quash the order dated 18.04.2025 and stay the proceedings in Case No. 3057 of 2019 bearing Case Crime No. 0118 of 2017, Under Section 143, 341, 283, 504, 506, IPC, Police Station -Jalalpur, District - Ambedkar Nagar, pending before learned CJM-Ambedkar Nagar, during the pendency of this Petition/ application." 3. After arguing the matter 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 directed to be decided 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, (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 also be directed to be decided expeditiously. 4. Learned A.G.A has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants. 5. Keeping in view the aforesaid, the present application is disposed of with liberty as prayed for and with a direction to the court below that if the applicants applies for bail before the court concerned, 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, if charges have not already been framed, and the same shall be decided expeditiously, in accordance with law, in case there is no other legal impediment. 7. Taking note of the facts of the case and also the observations made by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Satender 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, they would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case. Order Date :- 7.7.2025 DiVYa Digitally signed by :- DIVYA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench