Pankaj Kumar Pandey @ Pankaj Pandey v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Home Secy. Deptt. of Home, Lko. and Another

Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1916 of 2023 Appellant :- Pankaj Kumar Pandey @ Pankaj Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Home Secy. Deptt. Of Home, Lko. And Another Counsel for Appellant :- Vaibhav Sharma,Anand Kumar Sharma,Ravi Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel appearing for the accused-petitioner and learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the State.

¶2Present appeal under Section 14-A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been filed against the order dated 08.12.2022 passed by learned Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Lucknow in Criminal Case No.36 of 2020 under Sections, 323, 504, 506 IPC, 3(1)(Da), (Dha) of the S.C./S.T. Act, Police Station Aminabad, Lucknow.

¶3Learned counsel appearing for the appellant submits that the appellant does not want to press this appeal on merit, however, only prayer is to grant time to surrender before the trial court and apply for bail, which may be considered in the light of the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation & Ors: SLP(Crl) No.5191 of 2021.

¶4Considering the aforesaid, the appeal is disposed of with liberty to the appellant to surrender before the trial court within a period of 10 days from today and apply for bail which shall be considered expeditiously in accordance with law keeping in mind that the sentence for offences which are invoked against the appellant entail punishment up to 7 years. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) Order Date :- 21.6.2023 prateek High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench