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Dhananjay Singh v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC15 Jun 2023A482/20864/2023

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The High Court disposed of a Section 482 application in principle. The applicant withdrew challenges to the chargesheet and cognizance, seeking protection to surrender and have his bail application heard quickly. The Court directed non-arrest for four weeks and expedited hearing.

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Non-arrest for four weeks or until surrender; direction to lower court to dispose bail application expeditiously.

Dhananjay Singh Vs State of U.P. and Another — Bail and Remand | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:126849

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Court No. - 71

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 20864 of 2023

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Applicant :- Dhananjay Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Girja Shankar Prajapati 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 proceedings of Case No. 11320 of 2021 (State vs. Sanjay Singh and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 78 of 2021 under Sections 427, 34, 308, 325 IPC, Police Station Asothar, District Fatehpur pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Junior Division)/Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 6, Fatehpur.

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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. submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought for by him on merits and wants 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 applies 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

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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 :- 15.6.2023 Puspendra

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Digitally signed by :- PUSPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Dhananjay Singh v. State of U.P. and Another

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