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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:121390 Court No. - 71 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 23030 of 2025 Applicant :- Mewa Lal And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Bhaskar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.
2. The present application under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred as 'BNSS') has been filed for quashing of the entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 17.03.2025 and cognizance / summoning order dated 02.04.2025, of criminal case no. 1723 of 2025 (State Vs. Mewa Lal and Another), arising out of case crime no. 0018 of 2025, under Sections - 115(2), 352, 351(2), 110, 132, 121 (1) BNS, Police Station - Raipura, District - Chitrakoot, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-Ist, Chitrakoot.
3. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the applicants submits that the prayer as made above is not being pressed and applicants are willing to appear before the trial court concerned and a direction may be made to the court concerned to decide the bail application of applicants expeditiously in accordance with law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 825 and protection may be granted to the applicants till then.
4. In view of the aforesaid, it is directed that in case applicants
appear/surrender before the trial court concerned within a period of three weeks from today and apply for bail, their bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law. For a period of three weeks from today or till the applicants appear/surrender before the court concerned, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in the aforesaid case.
5. The application under Section 528 BNSS is disposed of in above terms. Order Date :- 24.7.2025 S Rawat Digitally signed by :- SHOBHIT RAWAT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad