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Kunal Verma @ Kunal @ Chunnu v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC15 May 2023A482/16926/2023

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Single judge allowed an alternative prayer granting protection from arrest for four weeks for an applicant to surrender and expedite bail proceedings in a criminal case under IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act.

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Protection from arrest granted for four weeks or until surrender; direction to lower court to dispose bail application expeditiously.

Kunal Verma @ Kunal @ Chunnu Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2023) — LawSathi Research

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:105032

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Court No. - 46

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 16926 of 2023

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Applicant :- Kunal Verma @ Kunal @ Chunnu Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Hanuman Prasad Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J.

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Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

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The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicant to quash/stay the charge sheet dated 19.09.2022 as well as impugned cognizance order dated 30.11.2022 and entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 319 of 2022 (State Vs. Kunal @ Chunnu and Others) arising out of Case Crime No. 399 of 2022, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Farrukhabad Kotwali, District- Farrukhabad pending in the Court of F.T.C. (J.D.)- 2, Farrukhabad.

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After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the applicant gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned chargesheet, cognizance order and entire proceedings against the applicant and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicant to surrender before the concerned court below. The learned counsel for the applicant further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application on merits and prayed that a direction at the outset may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously.

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Learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P. submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought for by him on merits and want to surrender before the concerned Court below, he has no objection in granting protection to him for a short period.

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In view of above, considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant, it is directed that the applicant shall surrender before the concerned Court below within four weeks from today and in case apply for bail, the bail

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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 four weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned Court below, whichever is earlier, he shall not be arrested in the above case.

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

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Order Date :- 15.5.2023 Shivani

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

Kunal Verma @ Kunal @ Chunnu v. State of U.P. and Another

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