Sonu v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Home), Lucknow and Another

Court No. - 11 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 11608 of 2023 Applicant :- Sonu Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Home), Lucknow And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Dharmendra Singh,Raghvendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/ applicant and learned AGA for the State as well as perused the record. The present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C has been filed by the applicant with the prayer to quash/set-aside the charge sheet No. 01 of 2023 dated 21.12.2022 including summoning order dated 06.09.2023 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, Safipur, District-Unnao in Criminal Case No. 2686 of 2023, (State of U.P. vs. Naved @ Nokhej and others) arising out of Case Crime No.282 of 2022, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 160, 332, 353, 336, 341 IPC and Section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act, Police Station Fatehpur Chaurasi, District Unnao as also to stay the further proceedings of above mentioned case. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that liberty may be given to the applicant for moving a discharge application before the court below and the same may be decided expeditiously. It is further prayed that liberty may also 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 order dated 7.10.2021 passed in Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Cri) No.5191 of 2021 Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another. Learned AGA has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants. As prayed, liberty is granted to the applicant to move discharge application before the court below and the same shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law. As far as prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant to grant liberty to the applicant to file bail application and the same may be decided in view of law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another (supra), liberty is given to the applicant to move bail application before the trial court and the same shall be decided in view of law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another (supra). With the aforesaid observations, the present petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 29.11.2023/Raj High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench