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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:13348 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 10849 of 2024 Applicant :- Sunil Kumar Barnwal Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ashish Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Sheshadri Trivedi Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.
1. List has been revised. Heard Sri Ashish Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sheshadri Trivedi, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the record.
2. The present application for anticipatory bail has been filed for protection in regard to FIR/Case Crime No. 09 of 2022, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B I.P.C., P.S.- Nauchandi, District- Meerut.
3. After arguing for some time, applicant's counsel submits that the present application for anticipatory bail may be dismissed as withdrawn with a direction to file a regular bail application which may be decided keeping in view the guidelines as laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in 2022 SCC Online SC 825.
4. Learned A.G.A. and learned counsel for the informant have no objection to the prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicant.
5. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, no case is made out for interference u/s 438 Cr.P.C. The present anticipatory bail application is
disposed of with a direction that the applicant shall surrender before the concerned court within 45 days from today and in case, a regular bail application is filed, the same be decided in view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra).
6. For the period of 45 days from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned court, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant, in the above case.
Order Date :- 27.1.2025 Shalini (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SHALINI JAISWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad