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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:138628 Court No. - 77 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 28330 of 2025 Applicant :- Salman Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Rajesh Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned AGA.
2. The present application has been preferred for seeking quashing of the chargesheet dated 31.03.2024 and cognizance order dated 25.06.2024 as well as entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.166 of 2024 (State Vs. Salman), arising out of Case Crime No.121 of 2024, under Section 354 IPC and Section 9m/10 of POCSO Act, P.S. Kaushambi, District Ghaziabad, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, POCSO Act, Ghaziabad.
3. At the very outset, learned counsel for applicant confined his prayer only to the extent that the present application may be
disposed of finally with a direction to the court concerned that in case applicant surrender before it 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 (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825) to which learned AGA has no objection.
4. In view of the aforesaid, the instant application is finally
disposed of with a direction to the court concerned that in case, the applicant surrenders before the court concerned within a period of three weeks from today and applies for bail, his bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law.
5. However, it is made clear that till three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant herein in the present case.
Order Date :- 13.8.2025/Vivek Kr. Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad