REHAN SIDDIQUI AND 7 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. MINISTRY OF HOME THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. LUCKNOW AND 2 OTHERS
CRLA/3776/2025 · 2025-11-21
Criminal Appealbody2025
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 3776 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SAURABH LAVANIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record.
2. The present appeal has been filed by the appellants seeking following main relief(s):-
"I. To quash the impugned summoning order dated 09.06.2025 passed by learned Special Judge SC/ST Act, Lucknow, in Session Case No.892 of 2025 (State Vs Rehan Siddiqui & Others) at Police Station Saadatganj, District Lucknow as well as charge sheet filed in case crime number 0026 of 2025, and the appeal be allowed."
3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the appellants submitted that at this stage, he is confining his prayer to seek the benefit of the judgment(s) passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, (2022) 10 S.C.R. 351 : (2022) 10 SCC 51 and Musheer Alam vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 116 for which liberty may be given to the appellants and liberty may also be given to the appellants to approach this Court again at appropriate stage for seeking appropriate relief.
4. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the appellants.
5. Keeping in view the aforesaid, the present appeal is disposed of with liberty as prayed for.
6. Taking note of the facts of the case and also the observations made by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil (Supra) and Musheer Alam (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, they would not take any coercive action against the appellants in the aforesaid case. It is made clear that in this regard, no application shall be entertained. November 21, 2025 Arun/- Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Mohd. Murtaza Hasan, Anshuman Srivastava, Sadiya Khan Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. (Saurabh Lavania,J.) Rehan Siddiqui And 7 Others .....Appellant(s) State Of U.P. Ministry Of Home Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Lucknow And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench