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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:42957 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 9404 of 2025 Applicant :- Aramaan Hashmi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- R.V. Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.
2. This application under section 528 BNSS has been preferred to quash the impugned charge-sheet dated 10.11.2022 and the entire proceedings of Case Crime No. 253 of 2022, U/s 60 of U.P. Excise Act, registered at Police Station-GRP Cantt, District Varanasi (Gramin), pending in the court of learned ACJM (NR), Varanasi as well as to stay the further proceedings of abovementioned case.
3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the applicant submitted that he is not pressing the application on merits and confined his prayer only to the extent that the present application may be
disposed of finally with a direction to the court concerned that in case applicant surrenders before it and apply for bail, his bail application may be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law, including the law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825) to which learned counsel for the respondents have no objection.
4. In view of the aforesaid, the instant application under section 528 BNSS is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned that in case, the applicant surrenders before the court concerned within a period of one month from today and apply for bail, his bail applications shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law.
5. However, it is made clear that till one month from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant herein.
Order Date :- 24.3.2025 #Vik/- Digitally signed by :- VIKRAM GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad