Ajay Pandey Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Ajay Pandey Vs State of U.P. and Another — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Prayer to quash refused; application disposed of with liberty to the applicants to surrender before the court concerned within three weeks and apply for bail, with the bail application to be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825), and no coercive action against the applicants for three weeks.

Issue for consideration

Whether the chargesheet dated 13.03.2025 in Case No.4100 of 2025, the impugned order and the entire proceedings arising out of Case Crime No.10 of 2025 (P.S. Surauli, District Deoria) are liable to be quashed under Section 528 BNSS.

Court's answer

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

Ratio / Principle

The application was disposed of with a direction that if the applicants surrender before the court concerned within three weeks and apply for bail, their bail application shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825); until three weeks from the date of the order, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants in pursuance of the said case.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Quashing of chargesheet refused under Section 528 BNSS. The Allahabad High Court (Saurabh Srivastava, J.) declined to interfere with the chargesheet dated 13.03.2025 in Case No.4100 of 2025 (State Vs. Ajay Pandey and others), arising out of Case Crime No.10 of 2025 under Sections 115(2), 191(2), 352, 351(3), 324(4) of BNS, P.S. Surauli, District Deoria, pending before A.C.J.M. Court No.19, Deoria, holding that no ground for interference was made out. The application was disposed of permitting the applicants to surrender within three weeks and apply for bail, to be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another (2022 SCC OnLine SC 825), with a direction that no coercive action be taken against them for three weeks.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 7613 of 2026

Ajay Pandey

.....Applicant(s)

	Versus
State of U.P. and Another	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Kundan Mishra
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: Vikash Kumar Tiwari, G.A.

Court No. - 77

HON'BLE SAURABH SRIVASTAVA, J.

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

This application has been filed for seeking quashing of chargesheet dated 13.03.2025 in Case No.4100 of 2025 (State Vs. Ajay Pandey and others), arising out of Case Crime No.10 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 191(2), 352, 351(3), 324(4) of BNS, P.S. Surauli, District Deoria, pending in the court of A.C.J.M. Court No.19, Deoria.

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 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.

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 three weeks from today and apply for bail, their bail application shall be considered and

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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 three weeks from today, no coercive action shall be taken against applicants herein in pursuance of aforesaid case.

May 7, 2026 Ashish/-

(Saurabh Srivastava,J.)

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