Ashutosh Yadav @ Goldi v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashing prayer declined after prima facie case found; discharge-application route substituted: filing permitted within four weeks through counsel, with directions for expeditious disposal by a reasoned and speaking order; no coercive steps during the four weeks and while the discharge application remains pending; benefit of the order forfeited on failure to file; after disposal of the discharge application, applicant returns to regular court process including bail; Case Crime No. 821 of 2012, Sections 379/411/413, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Sultanpur; Criminal Misc. Case No.4960 of 2014; applicant Ashutosh Yadav @ Goldi; counsel Satyendra Nath Mishra; G.A. for opposite parties; Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 14, Rajeev Singh, J.; application disposed of on 20-11-2025.
What did the court decide?
Permission to file discharge application(s) through counsel within four weeks; direction that any such application be heard and decided expeditiously, in accordance with law, by a reasoned and speaking order; no coercive steps till expiry of the four-week period and during the pendency of the discharge application; forfeiture of the benefit of the order on failure to file within the period; after disposal of the discharge application, the applicant to be subject to the regular process of the court concerned, including bail.