ANKIT GUPTA AND 3 OTHERS v. State of UP AND 3 OTHERS
A482/28574/2024 · 2025-04-30
Saurabh Srivastava
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:69047 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 28574 of 2024 Applicant :- Ankit Gupta And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State Of Up And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Rajesh Sharma,Ritesh Kumar Agrahari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for applicants and learned AGA.
2. The present application has been preferred for seeking quashing of the chargesheet dated 14.07.2023 and cognizance order dated 22.03.2024 passed in Criminal Case No.417 of 2024 (State Vs. Ankit Gupta and others), arising out of Case Crime No.118 of 2023, under Sections 504, 323, 354, 427, 506 IPC and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, P.S. Sasni Gate, District Aligarh, pending in the court of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act-2012), Aligarh.
3. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for applicants 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 applicants surrender before it and apply for bail, their 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 applicants surrender before the court concerned within a period of 30 days from today and apply for bail, their bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law.
5. However, it is made clear that till 30 days from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants herein in the present case.
Order Date :- 1.5.2025/Vivek Kr. Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad