Basant Bhardwaj Amar v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. of Home Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing application u/s 482 disposed without adjudication of merits; charge sheet 30.10.2020 and summoning order 10.12.2021 in Sessions Case No. 985 of 2021 arising from F.I.R. No. 18 of 2020, P.S. Nigoha, Lucknow; offences under Ss.406, 504, 506 IPC, S.138 NI Act, Ss.3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) SC/ST Act; applicant Basant Bhardwaj Amar granted liberty to file discharge application through counsel within three weeks; expeditious disposal by reasoned and speaking order; interim bar on coercive steps for six weeks or till discharge-application decision, whichever earlier; A.G.A. concurrence noted; single-judge bench, Hon'ble Rajeev Singh, J.; decided December 5, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the applicant to move a discharge application through counsel within three weeks; such application, if filed, to be heard and decided expeditiously after hearing the parties by a reasoned and speaking order; and interim protection that no coercive steps be taken against the applicant for six weeks or till decision on the discharge application, whichever is earlier.