Arun Kumar and 2 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Arun Kumar and 2 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Liberty to the applicants to surrender before the court concerned within 15 days and apply for bail, with a direction that the bail application be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825); no coercive action against the applicants for 15 days from the date of the order.

Issue for consideration

Whether the chargesheet dated 19.09.2025, the cognizance/summoning order dated 06.03.2025 and the entire proceedings of Case No.2014 of 2026 (State Vs. Vikas and others), arising out of Case Crime No.162 of 2025, deserve to be quashed.

Court's answer

On perusal of the narration of FIR, the impugned order, chargesheet and injury report, the Court found this not to be a case requiring interference; no ground was available in the application on which the impugned order, chargesheet and entire proceedings could be set aside.

Ratio / Principle

The prayer sought through the instant application was refused.

Key takeaways

The application was disposed of with a direction that if the applicants surrender before the court concerned within 15 days and apply for bail, their bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825).ratio¶12
Till 15 days from the date of the order, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in pursuance of the aforesaid case.ratio¶13

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Saurabh Srivastava, J.) disposed of an application under Section 528 BNSS (No. 15315 of 2026) by Arun Kumar and 2 others seeking quashing of the chargesheet dated 19.09.2025 and the cognizance/summoning order dated 06.03.2025 in Case No.2014 of 2026 (State Vs. Vikas and others), arising out of Case Crime No.162 of 2025 under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 351(3), 117(2) 109(1) BNS, P.S. Chandpur, District Bijnor, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bijnor. On perusal of the FIR narration, impugned order, chargesheet and injury report, the Court found no ground for interference and refused the prayer. The application was disposed of with liberty to the applicants to surrender within 15 days and apply for bail, the bail application to be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825); no coercive action was to be taken against the applicants for 15 days.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 15315 of 2026

Arun Kumar And 2 Others

Versus .....A	pplicant(s)
State of U.P. and Another .	....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajiv Sisodia, Dwivedi	Shashank
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No.- 77

HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.

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

This application has been filed for seeking quashing of chargesheet dated 19.09.2025 along with cognizance/summoning order dated 06.03.2025 and entire proceeding of Case No.2014 of 2026 (State Vs. Vikas and others), arising out of Case Crime No.162 of 2025, under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 351(3), 117(2) 109(1) BNS, P.S. Chandpur, District Bijnor, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bijnor.

On perusal of the narration of FIR as well as impugned order and chargesheet along with injury report, 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 chargesheet and entire proceedings of the said case, can be set aside.

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

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

NA528 No. 15315 of 2026

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In view of the aforesaid, the instant application is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned that in case, the applicants surrender before the court concerned within a period of 15 days from today and apply for bail, their 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 applicants herein in pursuance of aforesaid case.

May 7, 2026 Vivek Kr.

(Saurabh Srivastava,J.)

Digitally signed by :- VIVEK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad