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2025 DAILYLAW 151376 (ALL)

AMIT KUMAR SINGH @ CHHOTU v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. PRIN. SECY./CHIEF SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

/2152/2025 · 2025-08-13

Shree Prakash Singh

Criminal Appealbody2025

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:47364 Court No. - 14 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2152 of 2025 Appellant :- Amit Kumar Singh @ Chhotu Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Prin. Secy./Chief Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Appellant :- Arpan Prakash Srivastava,Prashant Ranjan Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant as well as learned AGA for the State and perused the record. 2. Instant criminal appeal U/s 14(A)(1) S.C./S.T. Act has been filed with the prayer to quash the order dated 05.05.2025 passed by the learned Special Judge (SC/ST Act), Ayodhya in Special Sessions Trial No.54 of 2019 by means of which non-bailable warrants have been issued against the appellant. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the appellant submits that the appellant is innocent and was never involved in committing the offence as has been mentioned in the First Information Report. He added that due to enmity, his name has been planted in the First Information Report and thereafter he has been chargesheeted. He next added that due to unavoidable circumstances, he could not appear before the trial Court. 4. At this stage, learned counsel for the appellant submits that he does not want to press the appeal and seeks liberty to file bail application before the learned trial court which may be decided in view of law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022)10 SCC 51. 5. Learned AGA for the State has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the appellant. 6. On due consideration to the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, it is provided that in case the appellant appears before the trial court within two weeks from today and files bail application, the same shall be decided expeditiously in view of law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra). 7. It is further provided that if the Judgment of Satender Kumar Antil (supra) is available in the facts of the case, the case of the appellant shall be considered for the same and the non-bailable warrant issued against the appellant would not be given effect for 15 days. 8. The appeal is disposed of accordingly. . (Shree Prakash Singh, J.) Order Date :- 13.8.2025 MVS/- Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench