DEVI PRASAD LODH AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/7551/2025 · 2025-09-09
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7551 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 482 Cr.P.C has been filed to quash the chargesheet and proceedings of Criminal Case No. 136 of 2017; State Vs. Sunita Lodh and others, arising out of Case Crime No. 402 of 2016, under Section 419, 420, 342, 323, 506 IPC, Police Station Purwa, District Unnao and order dated 25.01.2017 as well as NBW issued on 09.05.2025 and entire proceedings in pursuance thereof. Learned counsel appearing for the applicants submits that the applicants are innocent and were never involved in committing the offence as has been mentioned in the First Information Report. He added that due to enmity, their names have been planted in the First Information Report and thereafter they have been chargesheeted. He next added that due to unavoidable circumstances, they could not appear before the court below. At this stage, learned counsel for the applicants submits that he does not want to press the application and seeks liberty to file bail application before the learned trial court which may be decided in view of law laid by Hon'ble Supreme Court's judgment in the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022)10 SCC 51. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Yogesh Soni, Jai Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Devi Prasad Lodh And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants. On due consideration to the submissions of learned counsel for the parties', it is provided that in case, the applicants appear before the trial court within two weeks from today and file bail application, the same shall be decided expeditiously in view of law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra). The application is disposed of accordingly. September 9, 2025 kkv/ A482 No. 7551 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench