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2025 DAILYLAW 170633 (ALL)

CHANDRAWATI AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. (HOME) U.P. LKO. AND ANOTHER

A482/12025/2024 · 2025-01-03

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:269 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 12025 of 2024 Applicant :- Chandrawati And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. (Home) U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Rizwanul Haque Ansari,Santi 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 for the following main relief:- "Wherefore it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the criminal proceeding of criminal case No. 1796/2020, arising out of Charge Sheet No. 299/2019 dated 27.07.2019, having case crime No.480/2022, U/s 147/504/323/308/452/506 IPC, Police Station-Nighasan, District- Kheri, (State of U.P. v/s Chandrawati & others) pending before learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, District- Kheri as well as summoning order dated 19.06.2020, in the interest of justice." 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 observation 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, he 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 :- 3.1.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench