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2025 DAILYLAW 168976 (ALL)

AJEET KUMAR AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/10508/2024 · 2025-01-15

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:2411 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 10508 of 2024 Applicant :- Ajeet Kumar And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Farhan Alam Osmany Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. The present application has been filed by the applicants with the prayer to quash the summoning order dated 25.04.2023 passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Hardoi as well as the charge sheet dated 28.02.2020 and entire proceedings of the Criminal Case No. 10881 of 2023 arising out of Case Crime No. 0354/2019, under Sections- 419, 420, 467, 468 IPC, Police Station- Kachhauna, District- Hardoi. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the applicants has submitted that liberty may be given to the applicants to file bail application before the trial court which may be decided in view of law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another, (2022) 10 S.C.R. 351 : (2022) 10 SCC 51 as also to prefer a discharge application before the court below and the same may be decided expeditiously. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants. 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 applicants apply for bail before the Court concerned, their prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. Liberty is also granted to the applicants to move discharge application before the court below and the same shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law. Taking note of the facts of the case and also the observations made in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil (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 applicants apply for bail, whichever is earlier, they would not take any coercive action against the applicants in the aforesaid case. With the aforesaid observations, the present application is disposed of. Order Date :- 15.1.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench