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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 6609 of 2025 Court No. - 78 HON'BLE NAND PRABHA SHUKLA, J. Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. This Criminal Appeal has been preferred under Section 14-A (1) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 to quash the impugned summoning order dated 28.04.2025 passed by learned Special Judge (S.C./S.T.) Act, Varanasi in Complaint Case No. 37 of 2023 (Meena Devi v. Ravindra Seth & others) under Sections 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 3(1)(Da), 3(1)(Dha) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Amendment 2015), Police Station-Sarnath, District-Varanasi. Learned counsel for appellant submits that he is not pressing the appeal on merits and the present appeal may be disposed of finally with the direction to the court below that in case appellant surrenders before the court below and applies for 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, (2021) 10 SCC 773. Learned A.G.A. for the State has opposed the appeal. Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Kamal Dev Singh Chanchal Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Manoj Kumar Ravindra Seth .....Appellant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s)
For a period of 30 days from today or till the time of applying the bail application before the court concerned, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the appellant. The instant appeal is disposed of, accordingly. September 24, 2025 Aditya Tripathi CRLA No. 6609 of 2025 2 (Nand Prabha Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- ADITYA TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad