Smt Lalita Devi and Another v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 88 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 34424 of 2023 Applicant :- Smt Lalita Devi And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Deepak Gaur,Sarvesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State/opposite party no.1 and perused the record. This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with a prayer to quash the charge-sheet dated 10.10.2019, cognizance / summoning order dated 10.12.2019 and proceedings of criminal case no. 4060 of 2019 (State of U.P. vs. Smt. Lalita Devi and others) arising out of case crime no. 0283 of 2019, under Sections 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955, P.S. Vidhuna, Distict Auraiya pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Auraiya. After advancing some argument at length and putting certain query by the Court, learned counsel for the applicants submitted that since the applicants are already on bail in this case, therefore, they may be permitted to move a discharge application before the court concerned raising his objections. Learned counsel for the applicants also submits that moving a discharge application before the concerned trial Court is a legal / statutory right of the accused, therefore he is not pressing any further relief as claimed by applicants by means of this application at this stage. Learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P. submits that in case the applicants are not pressing the relief as sought for by them on merits and want to move discharge application, he has no objection. Accordingly the relief as sought by the applicants in the instant application is refused. However considering the above alternative prayer of the applicants, it is directed that in case the discharge application is moved by the applicants before the court concerned at the appropriate stage, the same shall be decided by the court concerned by speaking order in accordance with law. With the aforesaid observations and direction, the application is disposed of. Order Date :- 20.11.2023 Saurabh/-Anurag/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad