HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 9717 of 2024 Court No. - 86 HON'BLE SHEKHAR KUMAR YADAV, J. 1.Heard learned counsel for the appellants, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2.This Criminal appeal under Section 14-A (1) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, (in short of 'the SC/ST Act) has been preferred by the appellants with the prayer to set aside/quash the charge sheet dated 9.6.2024 including cognizance/summoning order dated 29.7.2024 passed in S.C. No. 724 of 2024, (State Vs. Praveen Kumar and others), arising out of Case Crime no. 134 of 2024, under Section 323, 504, 506, IPC and 3 (2) (Va) SC/ST Act, P.S. Dholana, District Kasganj. 3.The contention of the learned counsel for the applicants is that no offence against the applicants is disclosed and the present prosecution has been instituted with a malafide intention for the purposes of harassment. The appellants are innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. 4.From the perusal of the material on record and looking into the facts of the case at this stage it cannot be said that no offence is made out against the applicant. All the submissions made at the bar relate to the disputed questions of fact, which cannot be adjudicated upon by this Court. At this stage only prima facie case is to be seen in the light of the law laid down by Supreme Court in cases of R.P. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, A.IR. 1960 S.C. 866, State of Haryana Vs. Bhajan Lal, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 426, State of Bihar Vs. P.P. Sharma, 1992 SCC (Cr.) 192, and Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. Vs. Mohd. Saraful Haq and another (Para-10) 2005 SCC Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Ajay Kumar Vashistha Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Praveen Kumar And 3 Others .....Appellant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) (Cr.) 283. The disputed defence of the accused cannot be considered at this stage. Moreover, the applicant has got a right of discharge before the court below and he is free to take all the submissions in the said discharge application before the trial court. 5.The prayer for quashing the impugned order as well as charge sheet of the aforementioned case is refused. 6. However, it is provided that if the appellants appear and surrender within two weeks before the court below and apply of bail, their prayer for bail shall be considered and decided in accordance with law. 7.With the aforesaid observations this Criminal appeal is finally disposed off. October 13, 2025 A. CRLA No. 9717 of 2024 2 (Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.) Digitally signed by :- AFAQ AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad