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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 34011 of 2025 Court No. - 77 HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned AGA appearing for the State.
2. This present application has been filed for seeking quashing of chargesheet dated 22.02.2024 along with cognizance/summoning order dated 08.04.2025 and entire proceeding of Case No.1604 of 2025 (State Vs. Kotedar Ram Singh), arising out of Case Crime No.223 of 2023, under Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, P.S. Mahewaghat, District Kaushambi, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaushambi.
3. On perusal of the narration of FIR as well as impugned order and chargesheet, this Court does not find it to be a case where interference of this Court is required. No such ground appears to be available in the present application, on the basis of which, impugned order along with chargesheet and entire criminal proceedings of the said case, can be set aside.
4. Accordingly, the prayer sought through the instant application, is refused.
5. Lastly, learned counsel for applicant submitted that liberty may be granted to applicant to surrender before the court concerned and apply for bail to which learned AGA has no objection.
6. 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pramod Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ram Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
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).
7. However, it is made clear that till three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against applicant herein in pursuance of aforesaid case. September 23, 2025 Vivek Kr. NA528 No. 34011 of 2025 2 (Saurabh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad