HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 9817 of 2025 Court No. - 16 HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The present application has been filed seeking quashing of the entire proceedings of Case No.5397 of 2024, State Vs. Prabha Devi and others, arising out of Crime No.185 of 2016, under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, Police Station Pasgawan, District Kheri, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Mohammadi, Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. After arguing at some length, counsel for the applicant submits that he does not want to press this application on merits. However, he submits that applicant will surrender before the trial court and apply for bail. He prays that the applicant may be granted the benefit of the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in (AIR 2022 SC 3386). 4. It is, therefore, directed that in case the applicant surrenders before the Court below within three weeks from today and prefers bail application, the trial court will decide the said bail application, as expeditiously as possible, taking into account the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra). 5. For a period of three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant in the aforesaid case. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Prabha Devi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 6. The application stands disposed of. November 24, 2025 Rao/- A482 No. 9817 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- CHEBROLU SRINIVASA RAO High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench