Amit @ Ankit Maurya And 3 Others vs State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. ...
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
 
 

?Court No. - 10
 

 
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4829 of 2022
 

 
Applicant :- Amit @ Ankit Maurya And 3 Others
 
Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Civil Sectt. Lko. And Another
 
Counsel for Applicant :- Gyanoday Shukla,Diwakar Shukla
 
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
 

 
Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

2. By way of this application under Section 482 CrPC the applicants have prayed for quashing of the proceedings of Case No.113 of 2022; Case Crime No.172 of 2020 under Sections 323, 504, 506, 452, 354Kha IPC, 3(2)(va), 3(1)(da), 3(1)(dha) S.C.S.T.Act, Police Station Subeha, District Barabanki pending before Special Judge S.C./S.T. Act, Barabanki.

3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that this application may be disposed of with a direction to the learned Magistrate to consider bail application of the applicants in light of judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in Criminal Appeal No.929 of 2021 (Aman Preet Singh Vs. C.B.I. Through Director).

4. I have considered the submission advanced by the learned counsel for the applicants as well as the learned AGA, representing respondent-State.

6. The Supreme Court in Aman Preet Singh Vs. C.B.I. Through Director (supra) has inter alia held that if a person, who is an accused in a non-bailable/cognizable offence, was not taken into custody during the period of investigation, in such a case, it is appropriate that he may be released on bail as the circumstances of his having not been arrested during investigation or not being produced in custody is itself sufficient to entitle him to be released on bail.

7. In view of submissions advanced on behalf of the applicants, this application is disposed of with a direction to the applicants to surrender before the trial Court within a period of seven days from today and apply for regular bail and, if the applicants do so, their bail application shall be considered in light of the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in Aman Preet Singh Vs. C.B.I. Through Director (supra).

Order Date :- 25.7.2022

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