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Rajeev Kumar and Another v. State of U.P. . and Another

Allahabad HC10 Oct 2023A482/26363/2023

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The High Court refused the prayer to quash charges in a Section 482 Cr.P.C. petition. Instead, granting alternative protection, it directed non-arrest for two weeks or until surrender, while expediting the pending bail application per Apex Court guidelines.

What did the court decide?

Non-arrest protection for two weeks or until surrender; direction for expeditious disposal of bail application.

Rajeev Kumar and Another Vs State of U.P. . and… — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:194721

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Court No. - 88

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 26363 of 2023

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Applicant :- Rajeev Kumar And Another Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. . And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Keshari Nath Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.

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1-Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State of U.P./opposite party no.1 and perused the record.

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2-This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants to quash the chargesheet No. 15 of 2023 dated 07.01.2023, cognizance order dated 12.04.2023 and proceedings of Case No. 2225 of 2023 (State Vs. Amit Kumar and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 443 of 2022, under Sections 420, 406, 120-B I.P.C., Police Station-Amroha Nagar, DistrictAmroha, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amroha.

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3-At the outset learned counsel for the applicants gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned charge-sheet, cognizance order and impugned criminal 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 court below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicants expeditiously.

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4-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 if the Court grants protection to them for a short period.

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5-In view of the above, the relief as sought by the applicants in the instant application is refused.

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6-However 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 two weeks from today and in case they apply for bail, the bail application of the applicants 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 SCC Online SC 922.

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7-For the period of two 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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8-With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.

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Order Date :- 10.10.2023 Kashifa

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Digitally signed by :- KASHIFA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Rajeev Kumar and Another v. State of U.P. . and Another

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