IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
BRIJ RAJ SINGH
Shiv Shankar Verma – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Brij Raj Singh, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed today by the learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record.
2. List revised. None is present on behalf of the private opposite party no. 2.
3. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that he does not want to press this application on behalf of the applicant, as he wants to file application for discharge through counsel before the court below.
4. As requested, this application for the applicant no. 5 is dismissed as not pressed and the applicant no. 5 is permitted to appear before the concerned court within fifteen days from today through counsel and move an application claiming discharge. The concerned court shall after hearing the counsel decide the application on merits, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from today.
5. No coercive measure shall be adopted against the applicant no. 5 for a period of two months from today or till the disposal of the discharge application, whichever is earlier.
6. Heard Sri Umesh Singh, learned counsel for the applicant nos. 1 to 4 and Girijesh Kumar Dwevedi, learned A.G.A. for the State respondents as well as perused the record.
7. The instant application has been
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