Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:20637 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 867 of 2025 Applicant :- Prashant Shukla Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ajatshatru Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Sri Dharmendra Dhar Dubey, Advocate has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of the informant, which is taken on record. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the informant has raised objection that after submission of charge-sheet and issuance of summons, applicant filed Application U/S 482 No. 21421 of 2023 before this Court, which was decided by this Court vide order dated 21.07.2023, thereafter, the instant anticipatory bail application has been filed. 3. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the informant and learned A.G.A. for the State. 4. The instant Anticipatory Bail Application has been filed with a prayer to grant an anticipatory bail to the applicant in Case Crime No. 07 of 2019, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 406, 506 IPC, Police Station- Colonelganj, District- Prayagraj, during the pendency of trial. 5. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the applicant has 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 applicant expeditiously. 6. Learned A.G.A. and learned counsel for the informant have no objection in allowing the aforesaid prayer of the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the relief as sought by the applicant through this application is refused. 8. Considering the aforesaid alternative prayer of the applicant, it is directed that if applicant surrender before the concerned Court below within two weeks from today and applies for regular bail, the bail application 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. 9. For the period of two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the Court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against him. 10. With the aforesaid directions, this anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 13.2.2025 Aditya Digitally signed by :- ADITYA KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad