Subhash Gautam v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
AHC Lucknow Bench, Subhash Vidyarthi J., order dt. 24.1.2024; S. 482 CrPC FIR-quashing application (No. 504 of 2024; neutral cit. 2024:AHC-LKO:7077) DISPOSED OF — no express quashing of FIR or impugned ACJM (Court No. 26, Lucknow) order dt. 26.04.2023 (based on complaint/FIR dt. 21.06.2022); direction that trial court independently consider bail if petitioner appears, per (2021) 10 SCC 773; mini-trial-not-required principle noted from 2023 SCC OnLine SC 379; applicant Subhash Gautam; counsel Dheeraj Srivastava/Girijesh Sharan Srivastava; G.A. for opposite parties.
What did the court decide?
The application under S. 482 CrPC is disposed of with the direction that if the petitioner appears before the trial court and seeks release on bail, the trial court shall take an independent decision in light of the legal position laid down in (2021) 10 SCC 773.