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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:72579 Court No. - 73 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 15639 of 2025 Applicant :- Vimlendu Shekhar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Anurag Sharma,Rizvi Rai Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vikas Budhwar,J.
1. Heard Sri Mrinal Rai, Advocate of Lucknow Bench of this Court wherein AOR No. B/M 1188/2022, learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Sudhir Chandraul, learned A.G.A. for the State/O.P. No.1.
2. This is an application filed under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S. for direction to the Additional Civil Judge (SD), Ghazipur in Complaint Case Nos. 32227/2024, 32228/2024, 32229/2024, 32300/2024, 4041/2024, 40411/2024 and 40406/2024, under Section 138 of N.I. Act.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that as many as 8 criminal complaints have been lodged against the applicant under Section 138 of the N.I. Act and further he seeks consolidation of the said application and according to him a direction be also given to the Additional Civil Judge (SD), Ghazipur to accept bails of the applicant on a single bond and sureties in all 8 applications.
4. Sri Sudhir Chandraul, learned A.G.A. for the State submits that in so far as consolidation of the application is concerned the same is governed under the provisions contained under Sections 219 and 220 of the Cr.P.C. and further there is nothing on record to suggest that the applicant has been enlarged on bail, thus the question of single bail bond and surety would only arise when the applicant is enlarged on bail.
5. To such a submission, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant shall be filing appropriate proceedings before the court as permissible under law.
6. With the aforesaid observations, the application stands disposed of.
7. In the opinion of the Court one such a proceedings, which is permissible under law, is being preferred, this court has no reason to disbelieve that the same shall be decided in accordance with law. Order Date :- 6.5.2025 piyush Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad