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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:50196 Court No. - 78 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 9265 of 2025 Applicant :- Vishwanath Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Akhand Pratap Singh,Shobhit Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State of U.P./opposite party no.1 and perused the record. This application under Section 528 BNSS has been filed by the applicant to quash the charge-sheet dated 21.05.2024, cognizance/summoning order dated 18.07.2024 and proceedings of Criminal Case No. 52/875 of 2024 (State Vs. Indrajeet and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 52 of 2020, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 409, 406, 120B IPC and Section 7/13(1)A read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 as amended Act No. 2018, Police Station Firozabad North, District Firozabad pending in the court of Additional District and Session Judge/Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Meerut.
Learned counsel for the applicant after advancing his
arguments at some length and putting certain query by the Court, gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned charge-sheet, cognizance/summoning
order and criminal proceedings against the applicant and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicant to surrender before the concerned court below. Learned counsel for the applicant further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application on merits and prayed that a direction may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously. Learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P. submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought
for by him on merits and wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection if the Court grants protection to him for a short period. In view of the above, the relief as sought by the applicant in the instant application is refused. However, considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant, it is directed that the applicant shall surrender before the concerned court below within two weeks from today and in case applies for bail, the bail application of the applicant shall be disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law and keeping in view the guidelines as laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, 2021 SCC Online SC 922. For the period of two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, he shall not be arrested in the above case. With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.
Order Date :- 8.4.2025 Shubham Digitally signed by :- SHUBHAM KUMAR AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad