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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
BRIJ RAJ SINGH
Sadhana Chooramani @ Sadhana Bedi – Appellant
Versus
State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J.
1. Since the common question of facts and law are involved in all three applications, therefore, with the consent of the parties, they are being heard and decided by a common judgement.
2. The applicant/Smt. Sadhana Chooramani alias Sadhana Bedi in seeking setting aside of summoning order dated 25.03.2019 in Complaint Case No.2668 of 2018 (Pyarelal Shukla Vs. Sadhna Bedi & Ors.), under Sections 500, 501 of Indian Penal Code (for short “IPC”), pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Lucknow (for short “Magistrate”).
3. The applicants i.e. Smt. Sadhana Chooramani alias Sadhana Bedi and Rajesh Agarwal alias Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, respectively, in APPLICATION U/s 482 Nos. 3477 and 3679 of 2026 have filed the applications seeking setting aside of summoning order dated 31.07.2019 in Complaint Case No.2565 of 2018 (Surendra Kumar Verma Vs. Rajesh Agarwal & Ors.), under Sections 500, 501 of IPC, pending in the Court of the Magistrate.
4. The facts of APPLICATION U/s 482 Nos. 3475 of 2026 are extracted herein-below.
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