HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7554 of 2023 Court No. - 23 HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material brought on record. 2. The present application has been filed to quash the entire proceedings of the impugned Complaint Case No.16 of 2013, under Section 41/44 of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, U.P. Pollution Control Board Vs. M/s Indian National Tannery Pvt. Ltd., pending in the Special Court of Special Judicial Magistrate-Ist (Water & Air Pollution Control) Lucknow; with a further prayer to quash the impugned summoning order dated 02.09.2013 and its consequential order. 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the applicant submits that liberty may be given to the applicant to file anticipatory bail application/bail application before the court concerned 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 and also to prefer a discharge application before the court below and the same may also be directed to be decided expeditiously. 4. To the aforesaid, there is no objection from the side opposite. 5. Keeping in view the aforesaid, the liberty as prayed for is granted with a direction to the court below that if the applicant applies for bail before the court concerned, his prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. 6. Liberty is also granted to the applicant to move discharge application Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohammad Irfan Siddiqui Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ashok Kumar Verma Pheroz Ahmad .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko And Another .....Opposite Party(s) before the court below which shall also be decided expeditiously in accordance with law. 7. It is expected from the Court concerned that for a period of 30 days from today or till the applicant prefers a bail application, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant. 8. With the aforesaid observations, the present application is disposed of. November 10, 2025 Anand/- A482 No. 7554 of 2023 2 (Rajeev Bharti,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANAND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ANAND KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench