Anand Kumar Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
APPLICATION U/S 482 No. 6323 of 2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:45756; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Court No. 14, Shree Prakash Singh J., order dated 6.8.2025. Applicant Anand Kumar Singh sought quashing under S.482 Cr.P.C. of criminal proceedings in Case No. 1747 of 2024 / Crime No. 1253 of 2023 (State of U.P. Vs. Ankit Tripathi & others) under Section 420 IPC and Sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki. Application disposed of without deciding merits on consent: discharge application permitted within 7 days; decision directed within further 30 days strictly in accordance with law. Keywords: S.482 Cr.P.C., quashing, discharge application, cheating, IT Act 66C 66D, cyber offence, Barabanki.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the applicant to file a discharge application before the court below within seven days from the order; such application, if filed, to be decided by the court below within a further period of 30 days strictly in accordance with law. The quashing question itself was not adjudicated.