Badri Prasad Yadav @ Badri Prasad and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashing application disposed of; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; applicant Badri Prasad Yadav @ Badri Prasad and another; opposite party State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko.; charge-sheet dated 23.12.2019; cognizance/summoning order dated 28.03.2023; Criminal Case No. 6415 of 2023; Case Crime No. 258 of 2019; Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC; Police Station Antu, District Pratapgarh; Judicial Magistrate Court No. 25 Pratapgarh; surrender within two weeks; bail application to be decided expeditiously; interim no-arrest protection until surrender; reliance on guidelines in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, 2021 SCC Online SC 922; Judge Sanjay Kumar Singh; order date 19.2.2025; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:10780.
What did the court decide?
Principal relief (quashing of the charge-sheet, cognizance/summoning order and criminal proceedings) refused. Granted on the alternative prayer: applicants to surrender before the concerned court below within two weeks; bail application, if made, to be disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law keeping in view the guidelines in Satender Kumar Antil (2021 SCC Online SC 922); no arrest for two weeks or until surrender, whichever is earlier.