Arjun Singh and Another vs State of U.P. and Another — Quashing and FIR | Allahabad HC (2025)

Arjun Singh and Another vs State of U.P. and Another — Quashing and FIR | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing relief refused; alternative prayer granted — applicants to surrender before the concerned court below within three weeks, any bail application to be decided expeditiously by the courts below per law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil (2021 SCC OnLine SC 922), and interim assurance of no coercive action until surrender.

Issue for consideration

Whether the charge-sheet dated 11.08.2024, the cognizance/summoning order dated 19.10.2024 passed by the Civil Judge (Senior Division)/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garautha, Jhansi, and the entire proceeding in Criminal Case No.2081 of 2024 arising out of Case Crime No.84 of 2024 (Sections 354, 323, 504, 506, 452 I.P.C.) should be quashed. +1 more

Court's answer

The relief sought through the Section 482 application, namely quashing of the charge-sheet, the cognizance/summoning order and the associated proceedings, is refused.

Ratio / Principle

Applicants shall surrender before the concerned court below within three weeks, and any bail application they file shall be decided expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with the law laid down by the Apex Court in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation (2021 SCC OnLine SC 922).

Key takeaways

For three weeks from the judgment, or until the applicants surrender before the court below (whichever is earlier), no coercive action shall be taken against them.ratio¶14
With the aforesaid directions, the application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. stands disposed of.ratio¶15

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Application U/S 482 No. 801 of 2025 (Arjun Singh and another v. State of U.P. and another), Allahabad High Court (Court No. 72), decided 17.09.2025 by Hon'ble Deepak Verma, J. The application sought quashing of the charge-sheet dated 11.08.2024, the cognizance/summoning order dated 19.10.2024 passed by the Civil Judge (Senior Division)/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garautha, Jhansi, and the entire proceeding in Criminal Case No.2081 of 2024 arising out of Case Crime No.84 of 2024 under Sections 354, 323, 504, 506, 452 I.P.C., P.S. Erich, District Jhansi. Counsel did not press the relief on merit and instead prayed for expedited bail directions, which the learned A.G.A. accepted without objection; the quashing relief was refused. Applicants were directed to surrender within three weeks, with any bail application to be decided expeditiously in accordance with the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922, and an interim assurance that no coercive action would be taken until surrender. Application disposed of.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 801 of 2025

Arjun Singh And Another		.....Applicant(s)
	Versus
State of U.P. and Another		.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)		: Dileep Kumar
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)		: G.A.
Court No.- 72

HON'BLE DEEPAK VERMA, J.

Heard 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 charge-sheet dated 11.08.2024, cognizance/summoning order dated 19.10.2024 passed by the Civil Judge (Senior Division)/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garautha, Jhansi as well as entire proeeding in Criminal Case No.2081 of 2024 (State vs.Arjun singh and another) arising out of Case Crime No.84 of 2024, under Sections 354, 323, 504, 506, 452 I.P.C., P.S.Erich, District Jhansi pending before the court of Civil Judge (Senior Division)/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garautha, Jhansi.

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 applies 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

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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.

September 17, 2025 SKD

(Deepak Verma,J.)

Digitally signed by :- SURJIT KUMAR DEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad