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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108940 Court No. - 77 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 22255 of 2025 Applicant :- Rajendra Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Shakil Ahmad 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 20.07.2015 as well as summoning/cognizance order dated 29.02.2016 including the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 2099 of 2021 (Old Criminal Case No. 1714 of 2016) titled as State vs. Shankar Lal and others, arising out of Case Crime No. 0039 of 2015, under sections 3/5/8 of U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 and Section 11 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Police Station-Kotwali Dehat, District-Bijnor as well as quash the N.B.W. and proceedings of 82 Cr.P.C. dated 01.06.2025 issued by Civil Judge (JD)/Judicial Magistrate, Nagina, District Bijnor, pending in the Court of Ist Judicial Magistrate, Nagina, District Bijnor 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 applies for bail, his bail application may be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law.
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 three weeks from today and applies for bail, 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 pursuance to aforesaid case. Order Date :- 9.7.2025 #Vik/- Digitally signed by :- VIKRAM GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad