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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:55135 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 6273 of 2025 Applicant :- Laxman Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sunil Kumar Upadhyay Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. Sri Sunil Kumar Upadhyay, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri V.K. Mishra, 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 order dated 9.9.2024 passed by A.C.J.M., First, Ghaziabad in Case No. 3956 of 2011 (State vs. Laxman Singh and another) arising out of Case Crime No. 1092 of 2021, under Sections 406, 381, 411 of I.P.C., P.S. Loni, District Ghaziabad, 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. 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