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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:31146 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 640 of 2025 Applicant :- Ashok And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ken Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.
1. Heard Sri Ken Singh, learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.
2. The instant Anticipatory Bail Application has been filed with a prayer to grant anticipatory bail to the applicants in Case Crime No 601 of 2022, under Sections 354, 354-B IPC, Police Station-Tajganj, District- Agra.
3. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the applicants have not pressed the relief as sought by means of this application on merit and prayed for issuance of appropriate direction to the concerned Courts below to decide the bail application of the applicants expeditiously.
4. Learned A.G.A. has no objection in allowing the aforesaid prayer of the applicants.
5. Accordingly the relief as sought by the applicants through this application is refused.
6. Considering the aforesaid alternative prayer of the applicants, it is directed that if applicants surrender before the concerned Court below within three weeks from today and apply for regular bail, their bail applications shall be decided expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another, reported in 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922.
7. For the period of three weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicants before the Court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against them.
8. With the aforesaid directions, this anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 5.3.2025 Nitin Verma Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad