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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:79319 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 13743 of 2025 Applicant :- Vikash Mishra Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Lavkush Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. Sri Lavkush Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Smt. Ladli Pandey, learned A.G.A. for the State are present. The present application under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. has been filed to quash the entire proceedings of Case No. 906 of 2020 (State vs. Satish Mishra @ Sajjan Mishra and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 77 of 2020, under Sections 147, 323, 504, 506 of I.P.C., P.S. Rampur, District Jaunpur, as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 4.11.2020 and order dated 18.3.2025, whereby non-bailable warrant has been issued against the applicant, pending in the court of A.C.J.M., Court No. 5, Jaunpur.
Learned counsel for the applicant does not want to press the prayer of quashing the entire proceedings as well as summoning order. Accordingly, the prayer for quashing the entire proceedings as well as summoning order are dismissed as not pressed.
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 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 :- 14.5.2025 A.P. Pandey Digitally signed by :- ANAND PRAKASH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad