Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 43203 of 2024 Applicant :- Sonu Alias Atul Soni Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Lal Chandra Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Manish Dwivedi Hon'ble Dinesh Pathak,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records. 2. The applicant has invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing the charge-sheet dated 16.01.2020, cognizance order dated 23.09.2020 and order dated 26.09.2024 in Case No.3191/X/2020 (State v. Gomti Devi and others), arising out of Case Crime No.707/2019, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 of IPC and Sections 3/4 of D.P. Act, 1961, P.S.- Karwi Kotwali Nagar, District- Chitrakoot, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Chitrakoot, District- Chitrakoot. 3. After due deliberation at length, learned counsel for the applicants has chosen not to press the instant application on merits, however, he has submitted that the applicant is ready and willing to cooperate with the court below and participate in the court proceedings provided some interim protection may be granted to them. It is next submitted that the present applicant has never intended to ignore the court proceedings. 4. Learned A.G.A. has no objection if protection is granted to the present applicant to enable him to appear before the court below. 5. In this conspectus, as above, no useful purpose would be served to keep the instant application pending and the same is being decided without entering into the merits of the case with a direction that in case the present applicant appears/surrenders and moves bail application before the court below within a period of three weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order, the same shall be considered and decided by the court concerned having considered the dictum of the Hon'ble Supreme Court strictly in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three weeks, thereafter. 6. For a period of six weeks or till the decision on the bail application, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the present applicant in the aforesaid case. Order Date :- 23.1.2025 Rama Kant Digitally signed by :- RAMA KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad