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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:114260 Court No. - 70 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 24549 of 2025 Applicant :- Dilshad Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Anil Kumar,Ravindra Kumar Yadav,Sandeep Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material on record. 2. This application has been filed for quashing of the proceedings of Case No.2989/9 of 2014, (State Vs. Dilshad and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 224 of 2014, under Sections 3/5/8 Cow Slaughter Act, Police Station Kakrauli, District Muzaffarnagar pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Court No.2, District Muzaffarnagar and also to quash the charge sheet dated 30.08.2014 as well as cognizance order dated 18.11.2014. 3. Counsel for the applicant confines his arguments to the first part of the submission that the summoning order is bereft of application of mind and has been passed on the cyclostyled copy. He thus argues that the summoning order suffers from the vice of non- application of mind and therefore is liable to be set aside on that ground alone. In support of his submission, he placed reliance on the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Megh Nath Gupta & another Vs. State of U.P. and another, 2008 (62) ACC 826 as well as Single Judge judgment and order passed by this Court in the case of Ankit Vs. State of U.P. and another [(2009) (9) ADJ 778] on an Application No. 19647 of 2009 filed under Section 482 CrPC on 15.10.2009. He, thus, argues that the summoning order is liable to be set aside in view of the well settled law of this Court. He also placed before me several orders passed by this Court whereby similar orders have been set aside by this Court and the matters have been remanded before the Trial Court for fresh orders in accordance with law. 4. A perusal of the summoning order impugned in the present proceedings clearly demonstrates that there was no application of mind whatsoever prior to the passing of the summoning order, which has been repelled by this Court in various judgments. 5.
In view of the categorical pronouncements of this Court, the impugned order dated 18.11.2014 is set aside and the matter is remanded before the concerned Magistrate for passing fresh orders of summoning and cognizance if it deems fit. 6. Consequently, the application is allowed in part and the impugned order is set aside in terms of the order passed above. 7. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned Court below for its compliance as stated above. Order Date :- 15.7.2025 Pawan Kumar Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad