HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 1169 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. Instant application under Section 528 of BNSS has been filed with the prayer to quash the chargesheet No. 574 of 2024 filed in Case Crime No. 545 of 2024, under Sections 115(2), 119(2), 352 of BNS, 2023, Police Station Antoo, District Pratapgarh; State Vs. Mamta and others and cognizance order dated 07.01.2025 passed by CJM, Pragaprah. Learned counsel appearing for the applicants submits that there is no evidence at all against the applicants and only on the basis of statement recorded by the police under Section 161 of Cr.P.C., the whole proceeding has been initiated. He added that the criminal proceedings against the present applicants are nothing but harassment. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the contentions aforesaid and submits that there is no abuse of process of law and only factual matrix has been agitated before this Court and that could not be gone into at this stage, invoking the jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS and thus, the application is liable to be dismissed. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the applicants submits that interest of justice would be sub-served, if this Court Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dinesh Kumar Ojha Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mamta Verma @ Mamta Devi And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) directs the court below to permit the applicants to appear before the court below and file an application for discharge. He further submits that the court below may be directed to decide the discharge application within stipulated period of time, as may be fixed by this Court. Learned AGA appearing for the State has no objection to the aforesaid submissions. In view of aforesaid, the applicants are permitted to file an application for discharge before the court below within a period of two weeks from today and if such an application is filed, the same shall be considered and decided within a further period of 30 days, strictly in accordance with law. With the aforesaid observation, the application is disposed of. September 9, 2025 kkv/ NA528 No. 1169 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench