HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 7252 of 2024 Court No. - 86 HON'BLE SHEKHAR KUMAR YADAV, J. 1.Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2.This Criminal appeal under Section 14-A (1) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, (in short of 'the SC/ST Act) has been preferred by the appellant with the prayer to set aside/quash the cognizance order dated 1.1.2024 and charge sheet no. 335 of dated 21.12.2023 as well as entire proceedings of Special Case no. 9 of 2024, arising out of Case Crime no. 285 of 2023, under section 452, 34, 302 IPC and 3 (2) (V) of SC/ST Act, P.S. Milak, District Rampur, pending in the Court of Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Rampur. 3.The contention of the learned counsel for the appellant is that no offence against the applicant is disclosed and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. 4.From the perusal of the material on record and looking into the facts of the case at this stage it cannot be said that no offence is made out against the applicant. All the submissions made at the bar relate to the disputed questions of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court. At this stage only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by Supreme Court in cases of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, A.IR. 1960 S.C. 866, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P. Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192, and Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another (Para-10) 2005 SCC (Cr.) 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage. Moreover, the applicant has got a right of discharge before the court below and he is free to take all the submissions in the said discharge application before the trial court. 5.The prayer for quashing the impugned order of the aforementioned case is refused. Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Subhash Chandra Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Gurmit Singh .....Appellant(s) State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) 6.Accordingly, this criminal appeal is dismissed. October 9, 2025 A. CRLA No. 7252 of 2024 2 (Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.) Digitally signed by :- AFAQ AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad