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Pankaj Chaurasiya v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC21 Nov 2025NA528/40788/2025

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Allahabad High Court; Application U/S 528 BNSS No. 40788 of 2025; Pankaj Chaurasiya v. State of U.P. and Another; quashing of criminal proceedings and cognizance/summoning order dated 10.3.2025; Criminal Case No. 42897 of 2025; Case Crime No. 06 of 2023; Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC; P.S. Chiluwatal, Gorakhpur; charge-sheet without arrest; offence punishable up to 7 years; withdrawal with liberty to file regular bail; Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (2022) 10 SCC 51 category A; Sanjay Kumar Pachori, J.; decided November 21, 2025; application disposed of.

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Prayer to quash refused; withdrawal of the application permitted with liberty to file a regular bail application before the court of competent jurisdiction, to be decided in light of Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI, (2022) 10 SCC 51. ¶18

Pankaj Chaurasiya vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 40788 of 2025

Pankaj Chaurasiya

.....Applicant(s)

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State of U.P. and Another	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Ramanuj Yadav
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

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Court No. - 75

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HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.

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Sri Ramanuj Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Madhvendra Pratap Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material on record.

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The present application under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the applicant to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 42897 of 2025, arising out of Case Crime No. 06 of 2023, under Sections 323, 504, 506 of I.P.C., Police Station- Chiluwatal, District- Gorakhpur as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 10.3.2025, pending in the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division), Court No. 2, Gorakhpur.

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Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant was not arrested during the course of investigation and the charge-sheet have been submitted against him. It is further submitted that the offence is punishable up to 7 years imprisonment.

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Upon considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant is, hereby, refused.

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After some arguments, learned counsel for the applicant wants to withdraw the application with liberty to file a regular bail application before the court of competent jurisdiction.

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In case bail application is filed by the learned counsel for the applicant, the same shall be decided in the light of the observations made in the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Another, (2022) 10 SCC 51 , wherein the Supreme Court considering the category(A) as mentioned in the paragraph

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NA528 No. 40788 of 2025

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no. 2, bail applications of such accused against which charge-sheet has been submitted on appearance may be decided without the accused being taken in physical custody or by granting interim bail till the bail application is decided. It has been observed that at the cost of repetition, we wish to state that, in category A, one would expect a better exercise of discretion on the part of the court in favour of the accused.

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The application stands disposed of with the aforesaid liberty.

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November 21, 2025 T. Sinha

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(Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)

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Digitally signed by :- TRIPTI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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