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2025 DAILYLAW 153919 (ALL)

VISHAL KANAUJIYA AND 3 OTHERS v. THE STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/6031/2025 · 2025-07-28

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:43345 Court No. - 13 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6031 of 2025 Applicant :- Vishal Kanaujiya And 3 Others Opposite Party :- The State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Maharaj Baksh Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. The present application has been filed by the applicants for the following main relief(s):- "Wherefore, it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash/set-aside the impugned charge sheet dated 29.4.2022 arising out of Case Crime No.621/2021, under sections: 323, 506, 379, 427 IPC, Police Station: Sarojini Nagar, District Lucknow as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 3.10.2022 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate-III, Lucknow in Criminal Case No.116034/2022 (State Versus Dharmendra Kumar & Others) including entire criminal proceeding initiated in pursuance thereof, as contained in Annexure No.1 & 2 respectively to this Petition." 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. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants. 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 apply for bail before the Court concerned, their prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. Liberty is also granted to the applicants to move discharge application before the court below, if the charges have already not been framed, which shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law. Taking note of the facts of the case and also the observations made by the Hon'ble Apex Court 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, they would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case. It is made clear that in this regard, no further application for extension of time shall be entertained after lapse of 30 days' period. With the aforesaid observations, the present application is disposed of. Order Date :- 28.7.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench