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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:66678 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 14642 of 2025 Applicant :- Shahjad Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ashish Goyal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned AGA.
2. The present application has been preferred for seeking quashing of the chargesheet dated 20.11.2024 and cognizance order dated 21.11.2024 passed in Case No.39 of 2025 (State Vs. Aman and others), arising out of Case Crime No.53 of 2024, under Section 269 IPC and Section 11(1)(L) of Animal Cruelty Act and Section 3/5/8 of Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, P.S. Fatehpur Sikri, District Agra, pending in the court of learned Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra.
3. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for applicant 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 surrender before it and applies for bail in pursuance of added sections since he was earlier on 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 AGA has no objection.
4. In view of the aforesaid, the instant application 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 three weeks from today and applies for bail in added sections pertains Cow Slaughter Act, his bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law.
5. However, it is made clear that till three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant herein in the present case. Order Date :- 29.4.2025 Vivek Kr. Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad