Amit Kumar Agrawal Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Amit Kumar Agrawal Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Prayer for quashing refused; applicant granted liberty to surrender before the court concerned within 15 days and apply for bail, with the bail application to be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825); no coercive action against the applicant for 15 days from the date of the order.

Issue for consideration

Whether the proceedings of Criminal Case no. 660 of 2025 (State vs. Amit Kumar Agrawal) arising from Case Crime no. 236 of 2024 under Sections 352, 504, 506 IPC, together with the charge sheet dated 25.7.2024 and the cognizance order dated 26.3.2025, should be quashed by this Court.

Court's answer

On perusal of the material on record, the Court found no ground in the application on the basis of which the impugned order and the entire criminal proceedings of the said case could be set aside; interference by this Court was not warranted.

Ratio / Principle

The prayer sought through the application was refused and the application was finally disposed of with a direction that if the applicant surrenders before the court concerned within 15 days and applies for bail, the bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI, provided there is no other legal impediment.

Key takeaways

Till 15 days from the date of the order, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant in pursuance of the aforesaid case.ratio¶¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Quashing — Application under Section 528 BNSS seeking quashing of proceedings in Criminal Case no. 660 of 2025 (State vs. Amit Kumar Agrawal), arising from Case Crime no. 236 of 2024 under Sections 352, 504, 506 IPC, PS Behsuma, District Meerut, along with charge sheet dated 25.7.2024 and cognizance order dated 26.3.2025 — Court found no ground warranting interference; prayer refused and application disposed of — Liberty granted to applicant to surrender before the court concerned within 15 days and apply for bail; bail application to be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825) — No coercive action against applicant for 15 days from the date of the order.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 26578 of 2025

Amit Kumar Agrawal

	Versus	.....Applicant(s)
State of U.P. and Another		.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)		: Sushil Kumar Pandey
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)		: G.A.

Court No. - 77

HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.

Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned AGA appearing for the State.

This present application has been filed for seeking quashing of proceeding of Criminal Case no. 660 of 2025 (State vs. Amit Kumar Agrawal), Case Crime no. 236 of 2024 under sections 352, 504, 506 IPC, PS- Behsuma, District Meerut along with charge sheet dated 25.7.2024 and cognizance order dated 26.3.2025.

On perusal of the entire material available on record in shape of impugned order along with other record, this Court does not find it to be a case where interference of this Court is required. No such ground appears to be available in the present application, on the basis of which, impugned order along with entire criminal proceedings of the said case, can be set aside.

Accordingly, the prayer sought through the instant application, is refused.

Lastly, learned counsel for applicant has submitted that liberty may be granted to applicant to surrender before the court concerned and apply for bail to which learned AGA has no objection.

In view of the aforesaid, the instant application is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned that in case, the applicant surrender before the court concerned within a period of 15 days from today and apply for bail, if there is no other legal impediment before learned court concerned, their

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bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law laid down in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825).

However, it is made clear that till 15 days from today, no coercive action shall be taken against applicant herein in pursuance of aforesaid case.

(Saurabh Srivastava,J.)

October 28, 2025

Shaswat

Digitally signed by :- SHASWAT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad