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Anek Singh and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC20 Feb 2023A482/4790/2023

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Counsel for applicants abandoned their challenge to criminal proceedings and sought non-arrest protection while surrendering. The High Court granted non-arrest protection for four weeks or until surrender, directing the lower court to dispose of the bail application expeditiously under Satender Kumar Antil guidelines.

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Non-arrest protection granted for four weeks or until surrender; direction to dispose of bail application expeditiously.

Anek Singh and 3 Others Vs State of U.P. and Another — Bail and Remand | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Court No. - 45

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4790 of 2023

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Applicant :- Anek Singh And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J.

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

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This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed to quash the Summoning order dated 14.09.2021 as well as the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No. 100 of 2021 (State vs. Lokendra Singh Vs. Anek Singh and others), under Sections 323, 452, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Fatehpur Sikri, District- Agra pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate/Additional Civil Judge(J.D.), Court No. 01, District Agra.

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At the very outset, learned counsel for the applicants gave up his challenge to the charge sheet, cognizance order as well as entire criminal proceedings against the applicants and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicants to surrender before the concerned court below. 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 applicant expeditiously.

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Learned A.G.A. for the State submits that in case the applicants is not pressing the relief as sought for by them on merits and want to surrender before the concerned court below, they has no objection in granting protection to them for a short period.

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In view of above, 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 four weeks from today and in case they apply for bail, the bail application of the applicants shall be disposed of expeditiously by the court 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 ,

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reported in (2021) 10 SCC 773 .

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For a period of four 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 aforesaid 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 :- 20.2.2023 Arti

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Digitally signed by :- ARTI SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Anek Singh and 3 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

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