Court No. - 72
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 8555 of 2021 Applicant :- Banti Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- R.P.S. Chauhan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State/opposite party no.1 and perused the record with the assistance of learned counsel for the parties.
This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicant to quash impugned charge sheet dated 14.09.2016 submitted by the police in Case Crime No. 364 of 2016, under Sections 363, 366 I.P.C., Police Station-Tanda, District-Rampur as well as entire proceedings arising out of Case Crime No. 364 of 2016, under Sections 363, 366 I.P.C., Police Station-Tanda, District-Rampur, pending in the Court of Additional District Judge/F.T.C.-First, Rampur along with cognizance order dated 30.09.2016.
Learned counsel for the applicant after advancing his arguments at some length and putting certain query by the Court, gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned charge-sheet, impugned criminal proceedings and cognizance order against the applicant and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicant to surrender before the concerned court below. The learned counsel for the applicant further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application on merits and prayed that a direction may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously.
Learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P. submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought for by him on merits and wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection in granting protection to him for a short period.
In view of above, considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant, it is directed that the applicant shall surrender before the concerned court below within two weeks from today and in case applies for bail, the bail application of the applicant shall be disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law.
For the period of two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, he shall not be arrested in the above case.
With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.
Order Date :- 29.10.2021 Sunil Kr. Gupta