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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:20401
Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 854 of 2025 Applicant :- Jai Prakash Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mansi Mishra,Pramod Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.
1. Heard Sri Pramod Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State of U.P./opposite party no.1 and perused the record.
2. The instant anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No.199 of 2001, under Sections 392, 411 I.P.C., Police Station- Kosikala, District- Mathura.
3. At the outset learned counsel for the applicant gave up his challenge to the aforesaid criminal proceedings against the applicant and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicant to surrender before the concerned court below. The learned counsel for the applicant further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application on merits and prayed that a direction may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously.
4. Learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P. submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought for by him on merits and wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection if the Court grants protection to him for a short period.
5. In view of the above, the relief as sought by the applicant in the instant application is refused.
6. However considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by
learned counsel for the applicant, it is directed that the applicant shall surrender before the concerned court below within two weeks from today and in case he applies for bail, the bail application of
the applicant shall be disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law and keeping in view the guidelines as 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 two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned Court below, whichever is earlier, non-bailable warrant shall be kept in abeyance.
8. With the above observations and directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.
Order Date :- 13.2.2025 Nitin Verma Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad