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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 22351 of 2019 Applicant :- Smt. Parvati And 02 Others Opposite Party :- State Of Up And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Jagdish Prasad Patel Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned AGA 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 applicants with a prayer to quash the cognizance order dated 18.06.2018 of Case No. 1346 of 2018 arising out of Case Crime No. 128 of 2017, under Sections 332, 333, 353 IPC and Section 3/5 of The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, Police Station Machhalishahar, District Jaunpur.
Learned counsel for the applicants after advancing his arguments at some length, gave up his challenge to the cognizance order dated 18.06.2018 and impugned criminal proceedings against the applicants and requested to grant some protection, so that applicants may surrender before the court below.
Learned counsel for the applicants has further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application and prayed that a direction be issued to the courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicants expeditiously in accordance with law.
Considering the prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicants, it is directed that in case applicants appear before the concerned court below within 45 days from today and apply for bail, the bail application of the applicants shall be heard and disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with settled law laid down by the Seven Judges' decision of this Court in the case of Amrawati and another Vs. State of U.P. reported in 2005 Criminal Law Journal 755 as well as judgement passed by Hon'ble Apex Court in (2009) 4 Supreme Court Cases, 437 Lal Kamlendra Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P.
For the period of 45 days from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants.
With the above observations, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.
Order Date :- 6.6.2019 Nadim