Mohan Lal and 6 Others Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Mohan Lal and 6 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, which shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil (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 charge sheet dated 7.8.2025, the cognizance/summoning order dated 20.2.2026 and the entire proceeding of Case No. 864 of 2026 (State Vs. Mohan Lal and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 168 of 2025, are liable to be quashed.

Court's answer

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

Ratio / Principle

The prayer sought through the instant application (quashing of charge sheet, cognizance/summoning order and proceedings) was refused.

Key takeaways

The application was finally disposed of with a direction that if the applicants surrender before the court concerned within 15 days and apply for bail, and if there is no other legal impediment, 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¶13
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¶17

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Quashing application under S. 528 BNSS against charge sheet dated 7.8.2025 and cognizance/summoning order dated 20.2.2026 in Case No. 864 of 2026 (State Vs. Mohan Lal and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 168 of 2025 under Sections 191(2), 115(2), 351(3), 110 BNS, P.S. Lalganj, District Basti — Held, on perusal of the FIR narration, impugned order and chargesheet, no ground for interference was made out and the impugned order and chargesheet could not be set aside; the quashing prayer was refused. The application was disposed of with a direction that if the applicants surrender within 15 days and apply for bail, the bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil Vs. CBI (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825), and no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants for 15 days. (Saurabh Srivastava, J.; May 5, 2026)

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 15928 of 2026

Mohan Lal And 6 Others

.....Applicant(s)

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

Court No. - 77

HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.

Heard learned counsel for parties.

This present application has been filed for seeking quashing of charge sheet dated 7.8.2025 along with cognizance/summoning order dated 20.2.2026 and entire proceeding of Case No. 864 of 2026 (State Vs. Mohan Lal and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 168 of 2025, under Sections 191(2), 115(2), 351(3), 110 BNS, P.S. Lalganj, District Basti.

On perusal of the narration of FIR as well as impugned order and chargesheet, 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, 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.

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 and if there is no other legal impediment before court concerned, their bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in

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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.

(Saurabh Srivastava,J.)

May 5, 2026

Shaswat

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