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Abdul Salam @ Salam and 3 others v. State of U.P. And Another

Allahabad HC7 Nov 2023A482/34332/2023

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The High Court refused the applicants' petition to quash criminal proceedings on merits but granted interim protection from arrest for fourteen days to enable surrender. The court ordered expedited disposal of the pending bail application.

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Protection from arrest for two weeks or till surrender, whichever is earlier; direction for expeditious disposal of the bail application.

Abdul Salam @ Salam and 3 others Vs State of… — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:214392

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Court No. - 88

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 34332 of 2023

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Applicant :- Abdul Salam @ Salam And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Aqueel Ahmad Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.

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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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This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants to quash the charge-sheet dated 05.04.2022, cognizance order dated 22.07.2022 and proceedings of Case No. 2660 of 2022 (State Vs. Abdul Salam and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 84 of 2022, under Sections 323, 506 IPC, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Aligarh pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Aligarh.

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At the outset, learned counsel for the applicants gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned charge-sheet, cognizance order and 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 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 if the Court grants protection to them for a short period.

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

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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 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, 2021 SCC Online SC 922.

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

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Order Date :- 7.11.2023 Shubham

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Digitally signed by :- SHUBHAM KUMAR AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Abdul Salam @ Salam and 3 others v. State of U.P. And Another

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