GAGAN SHUKLA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/6477/2025 · 2025-08-08
Brij Raj Singh
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46455 Court No. - 28 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6477 of 2025 Applicant :- Gagan Shukla Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Raj Kumar,Ashok Kumar Maurya,Rekha Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record.
2. The present application under Section 528 B.N.S.S. has been filed seeking quashing of impugned charge sheet dated 05.01.2021 and cognizance/summoning order dated 27.2.2024 as well as entire proceedings arising out of Case Crime No.176 of 2018 under Sections 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, Police Station Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow registered as Criminal Case No.16127 of 2024 (State vs. Gagan Shukla) pending before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow.
3. At the very outset, counsel for the applicant states that applicant will surrender before the trial court and apply for bail. However, he has submitted that applicant may be granted the benefit of the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in (AIR 2022 SC 3386).
4. It is, therefore, directed that in case the applicant surrenders before the Court below within two weeks from today and prefers bail application, the trial court will decide the said bail application, as expeditiously as possible, taking into account the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Satender
Kumar Antil (supra).
5. For a period of two weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant in the aforesaid case.
6. The application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 8.8.2025 Sachin Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MEHROTRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench