SANTOSH KUMAR @ SANTOSH KUMAR BHARTI AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER
A482/7889/2025 · 2025-09-17
Shree Prakash Singh
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7889 of 2025 Court No. - 14 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard Ms. Shraddha Tiwari, 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 No. 124 of 2017, dated 16.05.2017 in Case No. 2694 of 2018; State Vs. Santosh Kumar Bharti and others, arising out of Case Crime No. 1626 of 2017, under Sections 419, 420, 406 IPC, Police Station Bhinga, District Shravasti; summoning order dated 14.11.2018 and NBW dated 19.03.2021 issued by learned CJM, Shravasti, as well as 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amol Dixit Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Kumar Bharti And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
and another (2022)10 SCC 51. 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 17, 2025 kkv/ A482 No. 7889 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench