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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 13699 of 2025 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE DEEPAK VERMA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant; learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present 528 of B.N.S.S. application has been filed to quash the charge sheet dated 17.09.2023 and cognizance order dated 17.05.2024 as well as entire proceedings of Case No.4086 of 2024 (State Vs. Shakir @ Shahir), arising out of Case crime No.226 of 2023, under Sections 420, 406 IPC, Police Station Didauli, District Amroha, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amroha. 3. Counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The allegation alleged in the F.I.R. is false, baseless and not supported by any evidence. The I.O. without collecting material evidence, in very hasty manner, submitted charge sheet under the aforesaid sections and the learned Magistrate without applying judicial mind took cognizance and issued summons against the applicant. It is next submitted that proceedings under Sections 420 and 406 I.P.C. cannot run jointly in view of the judgment of Apex Court in Delhi Race Club (1940) Ltd. vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr., 2024 SCC OnLine SC 2248. 4. Per contra, learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the submission raised by the counsel for the applicant and submitted that the submissions raised by the counsel for the applicant are disputed question of facts which cannot be considered, at this stage. On perusal of F.I.R. and other material Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dr. Kamlesh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Umair Alam Shakir @ Shahir .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
evidence collected by the I.O. prima facie, offence is made out against the applicant. 5. Considering the argument raised by counsel for the applicant and perused the record. Since the trial court took cognizance and issued summon against the applicant under Sections 420 and 406 I.P.C. jointly, in view of judgment of Hon. Apex Court in the case of Delhi Race Club (supra), both proceedings cannot run simultaneously. 6.
In view of the aforesaid judgement of Apex Court in Delhi Race Club (supra), the application is disposed of with direction that if the applicant moves discharge application within a period of three weeks from today, it is expected that the court concerned will consider and decide the same expeditiously within a period of four weeks, in accordance with law. 7. Till then no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant in the aforesaid case. September 16, 2025 Mini NA528 No. 13699 of 2025 2 (Deepak Verma,J.) Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad