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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
VINOD DIWAKAR
Raju Maurya – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Vinod Diwakar, J.
1. Heard Shri R.P. Rajan, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Vibhav Anand, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondent, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2, and perused the record.
2. Shri Mohit Agarwal, Commissioner of Police, Varanasi, appeared virtually through video conferencing.
3. The present application has been preferred with the prayer to quash the impugned order dated 1.4.2024, passed in Special Session Trial No.1203 of 2021, arising out of Case Crime No. 212 of 2021, under Sections 363, 366, 368 I.P.C. read with section 16/17 of POCSO Act, registered at P.S. Chaubepur, District-Varanasi, pending trial in the court of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act), Court No.3, Varanasi, whereby the applicant’s application for release of the goods was rejected.
4. After hearing learned counsel for the applicant, on examining the seizure memo of goods attached and perusal of the impugned order, this Court vide order dated 11.11.2024 directed the Commissioner of Police, Varanasi, to appear virtually through video conferencing and file a personal affidavit containing the day-to-day steps taken by the police to recover
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