Ram Krishna Dwivedi @ Karanto and Another v. State of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another

Court No. - 29 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 3042 of 2023 Appellant :- Ram Krishna Dwivedi @ Karanto And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Appellant :- Mohammad Alam Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mrs. Renu Agarwal,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the appellants and learned AGA for the State.

¶2Instant criminal appeal under Section 14-A(1) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been preferred against the order dated 24.08.2023 passed by Special Judge SC/ST Act, Lucknow in Sessions Case No. 2770/2023, crime No. 348 of 2022 under Section 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. and 3(1)(Da &3(1) Dha of the SC/ST Act, P.S. Banthara Distt. Lucknow.

¶3Learned counsel for the applicants does not want to press the prayer made in the Appeal. He confines his prayer only to the extent that a direction be given to the court concerned to decide the bail application of the applicant in the light of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the cases of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, reported in 2021 (10) SCC 773 and Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and others MANU/SC/0851/2022.

¶4Learned AGA is having no objection, if such a direction is given to the court concerned to decide the bail application of the applicant in the light of the judgments of the Apex Court in the cases of Satender Kumar Antil (supras).

¶5Accordingly, it is directed that if applicant appears before the trial court within three weeks from today and apply for bail then, his bail application shall be decided by the court below on the basis of law laid down by the Apex Court in the cases of Satender Kumar Antil (supras).

¶6With these direction/observation, the present appeal is, accordingly, disposed of. (Renu Agarwal,J.) Order Date :- 31.10.2023 Karan High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench