Pramod Vishwakarma v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Neutral Citation 2023:AHC:154873, Court No. 84, order dated 2.8.2023 in Criminal Appeal No. 9400 of 2022 (Pramod Vishwakarma v. State of U.P. and Another), Sadhna Rani (Thakur), J. Appeal against chargesheet dated 17.1.2022 and cognizance order dated 14.3.2022 of Special Judge (SC/ST Act), Special Case No. 236 of 2022, offences under IPC ss. 354, 504, 506 and SC/ST Act ss. 3(1)(da), 3(1)(dha), 3(2)(va), 3(1)(w), P.S. Maudaha, District Hamirpur. Appeal disposed of with direction for expeditious disposal of the appellant's application on surrender within 15 days, relying on Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (2021) 10 SCC 773; quashing prayer not decided on merits.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the trial court that if the appellant appears before it within 15 days and moves an application, the same shall be disposed of as soon as possible in view of the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI, (2021) 10 SCC 773.