Ramchandra Pandey Alias Munna and 3 Others Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ramchandra Pandey Alias Munna and 3 Others Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing relief refused (application not pressed on merits). Alternative prayer allowed: applicants to surrender before the court below within three weeks and apply for bail; bail application to be decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (2021 SCC OnLine SC 922); no coercive action against the applicants for three weeks or until surrender, whichever is earlier.

Issue for consideration

Whether the chargesheet dated 13.08.2023 and the cognizance and summoning order dated 18.10.2023 in Criminal Case No. 27371 of 2023 (arising out of Case Crime No. 226 of 2023, Sections 323, 504, 325 IPC, P.S. Gopiganj, District Bhadohi) should be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. +1 more

Court's answer

The principal relief of quashing the chargesheet and cognizance/summoning order was not pressed on merits; accordingly the relief as sought through the application is refused.

Ratio / Principle

The applicants were directed to surrender before the court below within three weeks and, on applying for bail, the bail application shall be decided expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922.

Key takeaways

Interim protection: for a period of three weeks from the date of the order, or till the applicants surrender before the court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against them.ratio¶¶13

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Deepak Verma, J.) — Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. (No. 5961 of 2024) to quash the chargesheet dated 13.08.2023 and the cognizance and summoning order dated 18.10.2023 in Criminal Case No. 27371 of 2023 (State v. Ramchandra Pandey @ Munna and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 226 of 2023 under Sections 323, 504, 325 IPC, P.S. Gopiganj, District Bhadohi, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhadohi. Counsel did not press the quashing relief on merits and sought instead a direction for expeditious disposal of the applicants' bail application. The Court refused the principal relief, permitted the applicants to surrender within three weeks, directed the courts below to decide the bail application expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922, and directed that no coercive action be taken against them for three weeks or until surrender, whichever is earlier. Application disposed of (order dated 29.7.2025).

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:127442

Court No. - 72

Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 5961 of 2024

Applicant :- Ramchandra Pandey Alias Munna And 3 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ram Krishna Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.

Heard Shri Ram Krishna Dubey, learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.

This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants to quash the chargesheet dated 13.08.2023 and cognizance and summoning order dated 18.10.2023 in Criminal Case No. 27371 of 2023 (State versus Ramchandra Pandey @ Munna and Others) arising out of Case Crime No. 226 of 2023 registered under Sections 323, 504, 325 I.P.C., Police StationGopiganj, District-Bhadohi pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhadohi.

On the matter being taken up, learned counsel for the applicants have not pressed the relief as sought by means of this application on merit and prayed for issuance of appropriate direction to the concerned Courts below to decide the bail application of the applicants expeditiously.

Learned A.G.A. has no objection in allowing the aforesaid prayer of the applicants.

Accordingly, the relief as sought by the applicants through this application is refused.

Considering the aforesaid alternative prayer of the applicants, it is directed that applicants shall surrender before the concerned Court below within three weeks from today and in case apply for bail, the bail application shall be decided expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922.

For the period of three weeks from today or till the time of

surrender of the applicants before the Court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against them.

With the aforesaid directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. stands disposed of.

Order Date :- 29.7.2025 SY

Digitally signed by :- SWETA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad