NARENDRA AND 5 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
A482/3034/2025 · 2025-04-06
Sanjay Kumar Pachori
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:53280 Court No. - 72 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 3034 of 2025 Applicant :- Narendra And 5 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Santosh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State. The present application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed to quash the order dated 27.01.2016 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Mathura, in Criminal Case No. 2174 of 2014 (State v. Narendra Singh and others), under Sections 147, 323, 324, 56 and 504 of IPC, whereby the non-bailable warrant has been issued.
Learned counsel for the applicants is permitted to correct the prayer clause during the course of the day.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the impugned order has been passed by the court without satisfying itself that the summon and other process for attendance has been served and without issuing any summon or bailable warrant, direct N.B.W. has been issued. It is further submitted that applicant was on bail at the time of issuing non-bailable warrant.
Learned counsel for the applicant further submitted that the impugned order has been passed against position of law. It is further submitted that it is a settled position of law that non- bailable warrant should be issued as a last resort after the litigants failed to respond to notice, summons and bailable warrants. It is further submitted that order of the non-bailable warrant has been passed on 27.01.2016 without satisfying the service of summons or bailable warrants itself and reason to believe from absconding the process of the court. Learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the opposite party No. 2 have opposed the application.
Considering submissions of learned counsel and perusing record, the instant application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is finally disposed of with a direction that in case applicant appears before the court below within three weeks from today and applies for bail/recall of non bailable warrant, his application shall be decided in the light of the observations made in the judgments rendered by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Another, (2021) 10 SCC 773, Siddharth Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Another 2022 (11) SCC 676 and Aman Preet Singh Vs. C.B.I. through Director 2021 SCC Online SC 941. For a period of three weeks from today or till applicant appears before the court below, whichever is earlier, execution of non bailable warrant against the applicants Narendra, Vikas, Manoj, Devendra and Amit shall be kept in abeyance. Office is directed to correct the name of the parties in the computer feeding.
Order Date :- 7.4.2025 Akram Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD AKRAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad