GEETA DEVI AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
NA528/27437/2025 · 2025-08-21
Raj Beer Singh
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:144727 Court No. - 71 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 27437 of 2025 Applicant :- Geeta Devi And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Raj Kumar Vishwakarma,Sita Ram Counsel for Opposite Party :- Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari,G.A.,Jitendra Kumar Maurya Hon'ble Raj Beer Singh,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State. None has appeared on behalf of opposite party No. 2 despite taking the case in revised list.
2. The present application under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as 'BNSS') has been filed for quashing of the entire proceedings, including charge-sheet dated 14.12.2023 and cognizance / summoning order dated 23.10.2024, of criminal case no. 1462 of 2024, arising out of case crime no. 300 of 2023, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 352, 452 IPC, P.S. Khuthan, District Jaunpur, pending in the court of A.C.J.M.-Pancham, Court No. 16, Jaunpur.
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 :- 22.8.2025 Anand Digitally signed by :- ANAND VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad