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Kulwant Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Deptt. Lko. and 2 Others

Allahabad HC2 Apr 2025CRLP/2657/2025

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What is this about?

Alternative statutory remedy; Section 5 A, U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Amendment Act 2020; writ petition dismissed as not pressed; liberty to avail appropriate remedy; appeal against confiscation of goods and vehicles pending before Commissioner, Lucknow Division, Lucknow; vehicle perishing; expeditious/time-bound disposal of appeal; application before court concerned; return of certified copies; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Rajnish Kumar, J.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed as not pressed with liberty to avail the appropriate remedy as available under law; office directed to return the certified copy/copies annexed with the petition to learned counsel for the petitioner after keeping photocopy/photocopies on record in accordance with law. ¶8

Kulwant Singh Vs State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Deptt. Lko. and 2 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the writ petition should be entertained when the petitioner has an alternative and statutory remedy of appeal under Section 5 A of the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Amendment Act 2020.

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Court's answer

The petition is dismissed as not pressed, with liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy as available under law.

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Key takeaways

If the petitioner avails the remedy and the appeal is not disposed of in a reasonable period, the petitioner may move an application for expeditious disposal before the court concerned.obiter¶8

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Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 2657 of 2025, Kulwant Singh v. State of U.P. (High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Rajnish Kumar, J., order dated 2.4.2025): On the learned AGA's preliminary objection that the petitioner had an alternative and statutory remedy of appeal under Section 5 A of the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Amendment Act 2020, which learned counsel for the petitioner did not dispute and who in fact submitted that the petition be dismissed as not pressed, the petition was dismissed as not pressed with liberty to avail the appropriate remedy as available under law. Counsel had noted that the appeal relating to confiscation of goods and vehicles lay undecided before the Commissioner, Lucknow Division, Lucknow for a long time with the vehicle perishing; the court observed that if, after availing the remedy, the appeal is not disposed of in a reasonable period, the petitioner may move an application for expeditious disposal before the court concerned. Office was directed to return the certified copies annexed to the petition after retaining photocopies on record.

Kulwant Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Deptt. Lko. and 2 Others

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