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

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

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Quashing prayer refused; application disposed of with 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.

Issue for consideration

Whether the chargesheet dated 07.08.2025, the cognizance/summoning order dated 05.02.2026 and the entire proceedings of Case No. 2451 of 2026 (State Vs. Lalji Yadav and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 284 of 2025, are liable to be quashed.

Court's answer

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

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
No coercive action shall be taken against the applicants for 15 days in pursuance of the aforesaid case.ratio¶13

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Saurabh Srivastava, J.) disposed of an application under S. 528 BNSS seeking quashing of the chargesheet dated 07.08.2025, the cognizance/summoning order dated 05.02.2026 and the entire proceedings of Case No. 2451 of 2026 (State Vs. Lalji Yadav and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 284 of 2025 under Sections 115(2), 352, 351(3), 110, 117(2), 131, 333, 61(2) BNS, P.S. Mubarakpur, District Azamgarh, pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Azamgarh. On perusal of the FIR narration, impugned order, chargesheet and injury report, the Court found no ground warranting interference and refused the quashing prayer. However, liberty was granted to the applicants to surrender within 15 days and apply for bail, with a direction that the bail application be decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825), and it was directed that no coercive action be taken against the applicants for 15 days.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 15351 of 2026

Versus Lalji Yadav And 2 Others .	....Applicant(s)
State of U.P. and Another	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Kumar Kumar Pandey	Yadav, Satish
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 07.08.2025 along with cognizance/summoning order dated 05.02.2026 and entire proceeding of Case No.2451 of 2026 (State Vs. Lalji Yadav and others), arising out of Case Crime No.284 of 2025, under Sections115(2), 352, 351(3), 110, 117(2), 131, 333, 61(2) BNS, P.S. Mubarakpur, District Azamgarh, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Azamgarh.

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

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objection.

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