SRIKANT VERMA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. THE PRIN. SECY. HOME, LKO. AND OTHERS
A482/8859/2024 · 2025-02-11
Karunesh Singh Pawar
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:8836
Court No. - 16 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8859 of 2024 Applicant :- Srikant Verma Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Home, Lko. And Others Counsel for Applicant :- Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya) Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Bhimbahadur Singh Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Additional Government Advocate for State. The present petition has been filed to quash the proceedings of Complaint Case No. 05 of 2023 pending before the Court of Special Judge POCSO Act, Ambedkar Nagar U/s. 354 IPC, S.7/8 POCSO Act & S.3(1)(b)(i) SC/ST Act, alongwith summoning order dated 03.08.2024
Learned counsel for petitioner, after arguing for some time, submits that present petition may be dismissed as not pressed with liberty to file a bail application which may be decided in view of law laid down by Supreme Court in "Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another, Special Leave to Appeal (Cri)No.5191 of 2021" to which learned A.G.A. has no objection. In view of the above, the petition is dismissed as not pressed. However, it is provided that in case the petitioner appears before the trial court within two weeks from today and applies for bail, the same shall be decided expeditiously, in view of the law laid down by Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil's case (supra).
Order Date :- 11.2.2025 R.C. Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench