Ram Pratap Sharma and Another v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 80 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 17621 of 2014 Petitioner :- Ram Pratap Sharma And Another Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Kameshwar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Govt.Advocate,Arvind Singh Sengar,Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay Hon'ble Subhash Chandra Sharma,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the opposite party alongwith learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. Firstly, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner no.2 has already died, therefore, case against him stands infructuous. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner preferred not to press the criminal writ petition on merit but only seeks direction for the petitioner no.1 bail application to be disposed of in the light of law as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another LL 2022 SC 577 Learned counsel for the opposite party as well as learned A.G.A. has no objection in this regard. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned A.G.A., this writ petition is disposed of with direction to the petitioner no.1 Ram Pratap Sharma to appear and move bail application before the court concerned within a period of 60 days which shall be heard and disposed of in the light of law as down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another LL 2022 SC 577 decided on 11.07.2022 by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. In the meantime, no coercive action shall be taken against him. Order Date :- 20.11.2023 Ashok Gupta High Court of Judicature at Allahabad