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Sharad Khanna v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC7 May 2025NA528/3623/2025

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S.528 BNSS quashing application, Allahabad High Court, 8.5.2025; quashing prayer under S.420 IPC case (Case No.2960 of 2017, CJM Firozabad) not pressed; warrants issued against applicant; interim protection - no coercive action for three weeks or till surrender; direction for expeditious bail on appearance/surrender; applicant Sharad Khanna vs State of U.P. and Another.

What did the court decide?

Application disposed of with directions: if the applicant appears/surrenders within three weeks and applies for bail, the bail application shall be decided expeditiously; no coercive action against the applicant for three weeks or until surrender, whichever is earlier. ¶11

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Issue for consideration

Whether the entire proceedings in Case No.2960 of 2017 (Sanjay Pathak versus Sanjay Sharma and another) under Section 420 IPC, including the summoning order dated 17.11.2018, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Firozabad, should be quashed.

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Ratio / Principle

It is directed that in case the applicant appears/surrenders before the court below within a period of three weeks from the date of the order and applies for bail, the bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law.

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Key takeaways

For a period of three weeks from the date of the order, or till the applicant surrenders before the court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant in the aforesaid case.ratio¶10

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Application under Section 528 BNSS (Allahabad High Court, Raj Beer Singh, J.; order dated 8.5.2025) seeking quashing of the entire proceedings, including the summoning order dated 17.11.2018, of Case No.2960 of 2017 (Sanjay Pathak versus Sanjay Sharma and another) under Section 420 IPC, P.S. Tundla, District Firozabad, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Firozabad. After arguing at some length, counsel for the applicant did not press the quashing prayer and sought a direction for expeditious disposal of the applicant's bail application, noting that warrants had been issued against him. The Court directed that if the applicant appears/surrenders before the court below within three weeks and applies for bail, the bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with settled law, and that no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant for three weeks or until surrender, whichever is earlier. Application disposed of accordingly.

Sharad Khanna v. State of U.P. and Another

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