Rajpal Yadav and Anr. v. State of U.P. and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Application U/S 482 No. 5836 of 2018 (Rajpal Yadav & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Anr.), Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Court No. 11, Justice Saurabh Lavania, decided 29-08-2025. Sought quashing of summoning order dated 18.08.2018 of Special Sessions Judge (SC/ST Act), Hardoi, in Special Complaint Case No.296/2018, Smt. Suneeta v/s Rajpal & another, Sections 376(D), 506 IPC, 3(2)(5) SC/ST Act, P.S. Bilgram, District Hardoi. Dismissed as not pressed / consigned to record; liberty to file bail or anticipatory bail application before trial court in view of Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI ((2022) 10 SCR 351 : (2022) 10 SCC 51) and Musheer Alam v. State of U.P. (2025 SCC OnLine SC 116); AGA concurred. No adjudication of the summoning order's merits.
What did the court decide?
Application dismissed as not pressed (consigned to record) at the instance of the applicants' counsel, with the learned AGA having no objection; liberty given to the applicants to file a bail application/anticipatory bail application before the court concerned, in view of the Apex Court law relied upon (Satender Kumar Antil; Musheer Alam). The summoning order of 18.08.2018 was not examined on its merits.