Rooprani and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court; 482 Cr.P.C. quashing application disposed; prayer not pressed; liberty to file discharge application within three weeks; interim protection - no coercive action till disposal of discharge application subject to cooperation; Complaint Case No. 175 of 2022, Smt. Kamla Devi Vs. Rooprani and others, Section 420 IPC, P.S. Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat; summoning order dated 23.04.2024; ACJM/Additional Civil Judge (SD) Court No.3 Kanpur Dehat; Rooprani; Pramod Kumar; G.A.; Raj Beer Singh, J.; order dated 7.1.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:2660; Application U/S 482 No. 23969 of 2024.
What did the court decide?
Interim protection from coercive action for three weeks (extending till disposal of the discharge application if filed within that period), conditional on the applicants filing a discharge application through counsel within three weeks and cooperating in its early disposal; trial court directed to decide the discharge application expeditiously in accordance with law. The quashing prayer was not pressed and the application was disposed of with these observations.