Pratap Singh vs State Of U.P. And Another
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
 
 

?Court No. - 84
 

 
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 19652 of 2020
 

 
Applicant :- Pratap Singh
 
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
 
Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Kumar Srivastava,Pradeep Srivastava
 
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
 

 
Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.

Heard Sri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Arvind Kumar, learned AGA for the State-opposite party no. 1 and perused the record.

This application under Section 482 CrPC has been filed by the applicant to quash the charge-sheet dated 10.8.2018 being charge sheet no. 86/18, whereby Learned Magistrate has taken cognizance vide order dated 24.9.2018 in Case No. 2261 of 2018 under Section 384 IPC, Police Station Earch, District Jhansi, arising out of Case Crime No. 74 of 2018, pending before Judicial Magistrate, Garutha Jhansi (State vs. Pratap Singh & others).

Learned counsel for the applicant, after making submissions to some extent, has fairly submitted that the necessary grounds for invoking the inherent powers of this Court under Section 482 CrPC have not been made out in the facts of the present case. Accordingly, he does not wish to press his prayer as made in the present application.

In view of the above, the relief as sought in the instant application is refused.

At this stage counsel for the applicant has made an alternative prayer for a direction to be issued to the court below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant, expeditiously in accordance with law.

Considering the aforesaid prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicant, it is directed that in case the applicant appears and surrenders before the concerned court below within 30 days from today and applies for bail, the bail application of the applicant shall be heard and disposed of expeditiously by the court below in accordance with law keeping in view of the seven Judges' decision of this Court in the case of Amrawati and another Vs. State of U.P. reported in 2005 CrLJ 755 as well as judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Lal Kamlendra Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P. (2009) 4 SCC 437.

For the period of 30 days from today or till the date of appearance of the applicant before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant in the above case.

With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 CrPC is disposed of.

Order Date :- 8.1.2021

Shalini

(Dr. Y.K.Srivastava,J.)