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Munindra @ Sappi Chaturvedi and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC6 Apr 2023A482/11768/2023

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In an application to quash proceedings, the applicant's counsel withdrew the challenge to the summoning order but sought time to surrender. The Court directed surrender within six weeks, granted interim non-arrest protection, and ordered expedited hearing of bail applications citing Satender Kumar Antil.

What did the court decide?

Non-arrest protection for six weeks; direction to surrender; direction to dispose bail application expeditiously.

Munindra @ Sappi Chaturvedi and 3 Others Vs State of U.P… — Bail and Remand | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Court No. - 73

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 11768 of 2023

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Applicant :- Munindra @ Sappi Chaturvedi And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Lalit Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Shiv Shanker Prasad,J.

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Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned counsel for the State and perused the record.

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This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants to quash the summoning order dated 19.12.2022 as well as the entire proceeding of Complaint Case No. 643 of 2022 (Chaitanya Kumar Vs. Munindra @ Sappi & Others), under Sections 452, 323, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Jaitpur, District Agra, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Fatehabad, District Agra.

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At the very outset learned counsel for the applicants gave up his challenge to the aforesaid summoning order and entire 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.

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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 surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection in granting protection to them for a short period.

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In view of above, 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 six weeks from today and in case apply for bail, the bail application of the applicant 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) 10 SCC 773.

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For the period of six 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.

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With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.

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Order Date :- 6.4.2023 SK Srivastava

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Digitally signed by :- SAILESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Munindra @ Sappi Chaturvedi and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

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