Vishal Pal 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. - 4796 of 2022
 

 
Applicant :- Vishal Pal
 
Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another
 
Counsel for Applicant :- Manoj Kumar Pandey,Ajay Kumar Singh,Jai Prakash 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 applicant has prayed for quashing of the proceedings of Charge-sheet dated 25.03.2021 in respect of Sessions Trial No.944 of 2021 Case Crime No.155 of 2020 under Sections 147, 352, 427, 506, 452 IPC, 3(1)(Da), 3(1)(dha) S.C./S.T. Act, Police Station Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow pending in the Court of Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act), Lucknow.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant 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 applicant 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 applicant, this application is disposed of with a direction to the applicant to surrender before the trial Court within a period of seven days from today and apply for regular bail and, if the applicant does 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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