HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 636 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Alok Mishra and Shri Pranjal Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant, Ms. Sunanda Krishna, Advocate holding brief of Shri Paavan Awasthi, learned counsel for the opposite party No.1 and Shri Dheeraj Srivastava, learned counsel for the opposite party Nos.2 & 3. 2. The learned counsels for the opposite parties have raised a preliminary objection that the applicant has approached before this Court directly seeking anticipatory bail without first approaching the Session court. 3. Confronted with this objection, the learned counsel for the applicant stated that he does not want to press the anticipatory bail application and he may be granted liberty to approach the session court to move his anticipatory bail application. 4. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is dismissed as not pressed leaving it open for the applicant to file an application seeking anticipatory bail application before the session court. 5. In case such an application is filed, the session court shall decide the same expeditiously in accordance with law without being prejudice by dismissal of this application. August 27, 2025 S. Shivhare Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Mishra, Devanand Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : A.S.G.I., Dheeraj Srivastava, Paavan Awasthi (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Rajendra Prasad Singh .....Applicant(s) U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Finance Deptt. Of Revenue New Delhi And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Digitally signed by :- SHASHANK SHIVHARE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench