Mrityunjay Sharma v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 CrPC application disposed; quashing FIR No. 0029 of 2024 dated 11.01.2024 (ss. 34, 323, 504, 506 IPC, PS Kotwali, District-Barabanki); chargesheet dated 23.06.2024; summoning/cognizance order dated 08.10.2024 in Criminal Case No. 35899/2024, Chief Judicial Magistrate Barabanki; liberty to applicant to file bail application and discharge application, both expeditious; no coercive action by police for 30 days or till bail application, whichever earlier; relied on Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (2022) 10 SCC 51 and Musheer Alam v. State of U.P., 2025 SCC OnLine; applicant Mrityunjay Sharma; counsel Avinash Singh Vishen, Nishant Pandey; G.A. for opposite party; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; Court No. 12; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:6070; Order Date 29.1.2025.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with liberty to the applicant to apply for bail (to be considered and decided expeditiously by the court concerned) and to move a discharge application (to be decided expeditiously); the Police Officer concerned is expected not to take coercive action against the applicant for 30 days or till the bail application, whichever is earlier. The quashing prayers were not adjudicated on merits.