Yusuf Ali and Ors. v. State of U.P. Thru Prin.Secy. Home Lko and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Subhash Chandra Sharma, J.; Application U/S 482 No. 5062 of 2025, disposed of finally on 24.6.2025. Applicants Yusuf Ali and others sought quashing of charge sheet no.175A/2018 and cognizance/summoning order dated 04.12.2020 (Civil Judge(S.D.)/F.T.C., Lakhimpur Kheri) in Case Crime No.64 of 2015, Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC and Section 2/3 Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, P.S. Dhaurahra. Held: cognizance taken judicially on investigation material; witness-statement reliability to be tested at trial; discharge application available before trial court; no quashing. Keywords: quashing, charge sheet, cognizance, judicial mind, discharge, S.482 Cr.P.C.
What did the court decide?
During investigation sufficient evidence was collected by the I.O. and the charge sheet was submitted; on the basis of the material on record the court concerned took cognizance of the offences by applying its judicial mind, and there is no illegality or impropriety in the impugned order.