HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 1148 of 2025 Court No. - 11 HON'BLE SAURABH LAVANIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. 2. The present application has been filed by the applicant for the following main reliefs:- "to quash the entire proceedings of Case No.38829 of 2025; State Versus Ajay Kumar Singh; under section- 20 of the Payment of Wages Act, Drelating to the Police Station- Mohanlalganj, District-Lucknow, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow, as well as impugned cognizance/summoning order dated 17.4.2025, passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow, as contained in Annexure no. 1 to this petition, in the interest of law and justice.." 3. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that liberty may be given to the applicant 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. 4. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Brijesh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ajay Kumar Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 5. 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 applicant applies for bail before the court concerned, prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. 6. Liberty is also granted to the applicant to move discharge application, if permissible under the law, before the trial court and, if filed, the same shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law. 7. 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 applicant applies for bail, whichever is earlier, they would not take any coercive action against the applicant in the aforesaid case. It is made clear that in this regard, no application shall be entertained. September 9, 2025 Mohit Singh/- NA528 No. 1148 of 2025 2 (Saurabh Lavania,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench