Sunil Kumar Alias Sunil Kumar Chaurasiya v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
AHC-LKO 2025:20459; Application U/S 482 No. 3030 of 2025 (Manish Kumar, J., 10.4.2025): s.482 CrPC quashing application (charge sheet 01/2024 dated 09.09.2024, Ss. 323, 504, 506, 308 IPC, P.S. Patti, Pratapgarh; summoning order 11.02.2024; bailable warrant Rs. 20000 dated 25.03.2025; Cr. Case 1201/2024, JM Court No. 24 Pratapgarh) disposed with liberty to apply for bail before trial court; reliance on Satendra Kumar Antil v. CBI (2022) 10 SCC 51 and Musheer Alam v. State of U.P. (2025 SCC OnLine SC 116); 30-day no-coercive-action window or till bail application, whichever earlier; Section 482 Cr.P.C. read with Section 528 BNSS.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with liberty to the applicant to file a bail application before the trial court, where his prayer for bail shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law; and the police officer concerned is expected not to take coercive action for 30 days from the order date or till the applicant applies for bail, whichever is earlier.