Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:33059 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1220 of 2025 Applicant :- Vinod Kumar Mishra Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- Brijesh Kumar Pandey,G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard Sri Sanjay Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Brijesh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the informant and Sri Vishwa Deepak Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The instant Anticipatory Bail Application has been filed with a prayer to grant an anticipatory bail to the applicant in Criminal Case No.154 of 2023, arising out of Case Crime No.633 of 2022, under Sections 34, 384, 385, 419, 420 IPC, and Section 67 of I.T. Act Police Station-Meja, District- Prayagraj. 3. Applicant's counsel submitted that applicant is an old person and this anticipatory bail application has been filed after submission of charge sheet and issuance of NBW against the applicant. 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. 4. Learned A.G.A. has no objection in allowing the aforesaid prayer of the applicant. 5. Accordingly the relief as sought by the applicant through this application is refused. 6. Considering the aforesaid alternative prayer of the applicant, it is directed that if applicant surrender before the concerned Court below within three 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. 7. For the period of three 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. 8. With the aforesaid directions, this anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 7.3.2025 Nitin Verma Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad