Court No. - 72
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 12529 of 2021 Applicant :- Ravi Rai Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Vishal Kumar,Ataullah Mubarak Ahmad 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 for quashing of the order dated 26.3.2021 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhansi and non bailable warrant dated 4.11.2016 issued in Criminal Case No. 3242 of 2016 (State vs. Ramednra Singh and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 122 of 2015, under Sections 467, 468, 471, 272 IPC and Section 60(2), 72 of U.P. Excise Act, police station Punch, district Jhansi pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhansi.
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 order dated 26.3.2021 and non-bailable warrant dated 4.11.2016 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 in accordance with law.
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.
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 Sumaira