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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:55146 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 5114 of 2025 Applicant :- Deep Chandra Rawat Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Dileep Kumar,Sanraj Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. Sri Dileep Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri S.P. Maurya, learned brief holder for the State are present. The present application under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. has been filed to quash the orders dated 2.7.2024 and 16.1.2025 passed by C.J.M., Allahabad in Case No. 4850 of 1994 (State vs. Anil Pahadi and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 127 of 1993, under Sections 332, 323, 504, 506 of I.P.C., P.S. Civil Line, District Allahabad, whereby non bailable warrant has been issued against the applicant.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant was on bail at the time of issuing non bailable warrant. Applicant had filed an exemption application. Case is pending since 1994 but on date when order of non bailable warrant has been passed, no prosecution witness was present for evidence. It is further submitted that the impugned order has been passed without satisfying itself that the summon and other process for attendance has been served. It is further submitted that the impugned order has been passed without considering the position of law. It is settled position of law that N.B.W. should be issued as a last resort after the litigant fails to respond the notices/summons and bailable warrant. It is further submitted that non-bailable warrant has been issued without issuing any summon and bailable warrant. Learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the opposite party No. 2 have opposed the application. Considering submissions of learned counsel and perusing record, the instant application u/s 528 of B.N.S.S. is finally disposed of with a direction that in case applicant appears before the court below within three weeks from today and applies for bail/recall of non bailable warrant, his application shall be decided in the light
of the observations made in the judgments rendered by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Another, (2021) 10 SCC 773, Siddharth Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Another 2022 (11) SCC 676 and Aman Preet Singh Vs. C.B.I. through Director 2021 SCC Online SC 941. For a period of three weeks from today or till applicant appears before the court below, whichever is earlier, execution of non bailable warrant against the applicant shall be kept in abeyance.
Order Date :- 15.4.2025 A.P. Pandey Digitally signed by :- ANAND PRAKASH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad