Durga Prasad Yadav and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Durga Prasad Yadav v. State of U.P.; Application U/S 482 No. 1140 of 2025; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Manish Kumar, J.; order dated 14.5.2025; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; Section 528 BNSS; stay of summoning order dated 15/07/2024; criminal case no.16900/24; crime no. 0071/2024; sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC; Section 3/4 DP Act; Civil Judge Bahraich; liberty to file bail application; discharge application to be decided expeditiously; no coercive action for 30 days or till bail application; relied on Satendra Kumar Antil (2022) 10 SCC 51 and Musheer Alam 2025 SCC OnLine SC 116; AGA no objection; application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with liberty to the applicant to apply for bail before the trial court (such prayer to be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law) and to move a discharge application before the court below (to be decided expeditiously in accordance with law); the Police Officer concerned is expected not to take any coercive action against the applicants for 30 days from the date of the order or till the applicant applies for bail, whichever is earlier. The substantive prayer for stay of the summoning order and the criminal proceedings was not granted; Learned AGA raised no objection to the prayer as moulded.