Mata Prasad v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. and Another

Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 11697 of 2024 Applicant :- Mata Prasad Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Karm Veer Yadav,Sunil Verma,Vindhya Washini Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. The present application has been filed for the following main relief:- "For the facts, reasons and circumstances stated in the accompanying affidavit it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be please to quash the impugned charge Sheet No. 240/2020 dated 19/04/2020 filed by the investigation, in connection with the case Crime No. 731/2019 Under Section 419,420,504,506 L.P.C. Police Station Kotwali Bikapur, District Ayodhya Faizabad and petitioner is also challenging the Impugned Summoning order dated 06-10-2020 passed by the civil Judge (S.D.), III Faizabad in case No.543/2020 "State versus Shiv Baran and others", up to the extent that it relates to the applicant, in the interest of justice." After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that liberty may be given to the applicant to file bail application before the trial court which may be decided in view of law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another, (2022) 10 S.C.R. 351: (2022) 10 SCC 51 as also to prefer a discharge application before the court below and the same may be decided expeditiously. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant. Keeping in view the aforesaid, the present application is disposed of with liberty as prayed for and with a direction to the court below that if the applicants apply for bail before the Court concerned, his prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. Liberty is also granted to the applicant to move discharge application before the court below and the same shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law. Taking note of the facts of the case and also the observation made in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil (Supra), this Court is of the view that it would be appropriate to observe that it is expected from the Police Officer concerned that for a period of 30 days from today or till the applicant applies for bail, whichever is earlier, he would not take any coercive action against the applicant in the aforesaid case. With the aforesaid observations, the present application is disposed of. Order Date :- 19.12.2024 Jyoti/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench