Maya Devi and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 88 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6947 of 2018 Applicant :- Maya Devi And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sudeep Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Babu Lal Ram,Om Prakash,Syed Mohammad Abbas Abdy,Virendra Kumar Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State of U.P./opposite party no.1 and perused the record.

¶2This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with a prayer to quash the charge sheet dated

04.09.2017 as well as proceeding of Sessions Trial No.200 of 2017 (State Vs. Chotey Lal Gupta and others) arising out of Case Crime No.0574 of 2017, under Sections 323, 418, 420, 406 and 504 IPC and 3(1) (X) SC/ST Act, Police Station Cantt. District Varanasi, pending in the Court of learned Special Judge SC/ST Act, P.S. Cantt., District Varanasi.

¶3When this case was filed in the year 2018, interim stay order was granted on 28.02.2018 but thereafter the said interim order was not extended.

¶4At the outset, learned counsel for the applicants gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned charge sheet and criminal proceedings against the applicants and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicants to surrender before the concerned court below. The learned counsel for the applicants further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application on merits and prayed that a direction may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicants expeditiously.

¶5Learned 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 wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection if the Court grants protection to them for a short period.

¶6In view of the above, the relief as sought by the applicants in the instant application is refused.

¶7However considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants, it is directed that the applicants shall surrender before the concerned court below within two weeks from today and in case they apply for bail, the bail application of the applicants shall be disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law and keeping in view the guidelines as laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in 2021 SCC Online SC 922.

¶8For the period of two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicants before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, they shall not be arrested in the above case.

¶9With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of. Order Date :- 1.12.2023 RKM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad