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Faisal @ Mohd. Faisal v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC4 Oct 2023A482/27862/2023

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The High Court refused the application to quash the summoning order as the applicant withdrew the challenge. However, granting protection for two weeks to allow surrender, the Court directed lower authorities to decide the bail application expeditiously following Satender Kumar Antil guidelines.

What did the court decide?

Direction not to arrest for two weeks and direction to lower court to decide bail application expeditiously.

Faisal @ Mohd. Faisal Vs State of U.P. and Another — Quashing and FIR | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:190238

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Court No. - 88

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 27862 of 2023

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Applicant :- Faisal @ Mohd. Faisal Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Santosh Kumar Tiwari 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 applicant, 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 applicant to quash the summoning order dated 07.11.2022 in S.T. No. 728 of 2022 arising out of Complaint Case No. 76 of 2021 (Mahrangjeb Vs. Faisal and others), under Section 354Kha I.P.C. and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station-Kothibhar, District-Maharajganj, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, Ananya Nyayalay (POCSO Act), Maharajganj.

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3-At the outset learned counsel for the applicant gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned summoning order as well as impugned criminal 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 may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously.

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4-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 wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection if the Court grants protection to him for a short period.

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

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6-However 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 two 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 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 applicant before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, he 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 :- 4.10.2023 Kashifa

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

Faisal @ Mohd. Faisal v. State of U.P. and Another

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