ANUPAM SHARMA AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/6741/2025 · 2025-08-19
Saurabh Lavania
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48438 Court No. - 11 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6741 of 2025 Applicant :- Anupam Sharma And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prateek Tewari,Raj Nath 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):-
"a. Quash the impugned summoning order dated: 31.01.2025 passed by the court of Learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate IV, Court No. 28, Lucknow, in Comp. Case. No. 15029/2024, u/s 323, 504 IPC, Police Station- Bazarkhala, District- Lucknow, as contained in ANNEXURE NO. 1, to this application along with the entire proceedings of Comp. Case. No. 15029/2024 u/s 323, 504 IPC, Police Station- Bazarkhala, District- Lucknow, pending in the court of Learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate IV, Court No. 28, Lucknow, to the extent it relates to the applicants." 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.
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 application shall be entertained. With the aforesaid observations, the present application is disposed of. Order Date :- 19.8.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench