AJAJ AHMAD v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
NABAIL/1094/2025 · 2025-08-28
Karunesh Singh Pawar
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1094 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA for the State and Shri Vijayendra Prakash Tirpathi, learned Advocate, who has filed vakalatnama on behalf of the complainant which is taken on record. The present anticipatory bail application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in case crime No. 153/2024, 115(2)/352/351(3)/76/70(1)/127 BNS, P.S. Mandhata, District Pratapgarh.
2. A supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record.
3. Perused the record.
4. Learned AGA and learned counsel for the complainant have opposed the bail application.
5. Learned AGA, on the basis of the record, submits that the applicant had earlier approached this Court by filing Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 9464 of 2024, which was disposed of vide order dated 12.12.2024 with a direction to the petitioner/applicant to cooperate in the investigation and to get his statement recorded before the Investigating Officer as and when required.
6. It has further been submitted by the learned AGA that the applicant has Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ravi Shankar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ajaj Ahmad .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
failed to comply with the aforesaid directions of the Division Bench of this Court. It is undisputed that the applicant has not cooperated in the investigation, as his statement has not been recorded by the Investigating Officer, though the statement of co-accused Ruksana Begam has already been recorded.
7. Upon due consideration of the victim’s statements under Sections 180 and 183 BNSS, the gravity of the offence being heinous in nature, coupled with the fact that the applicant has not cooperated in the investigation and has also flouted the directions of this Court, it is evident that no case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out.
8. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application stands dismissed. August 28, 2025 R.C.
NABAIL No. 1094 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench