PANKAJ MANI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO
NABAIL/1456/2025 · 2025-10-29
Karunesh Singh Pawar
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1456 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1.Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate for State and learned counsel for the complainant, who has filed Counter Affidavit which is taken on record.
2.The present application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in case crime No.248 of 2025, under Section 61(2), 316(5), 316(2), 318(4) BNS, Police Station Kotwali Cantt, District Ayodhya.
3.Learned counsel for applicant, after arguing for some time, submits that he does not want to press the present anticipatory bail application; rather he may be granted liberty to file regular bail application and the same may be decided in the light of judgment of Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another Special Leave to Appeal (Cri)No.5191 of 2021.
4.In view of the above, prayer for anticipatory bail is refused and the application is dismissed as not pressed. However, it is provided that in case the applicant files a regular bail application within two weeks from today, the same be decided expeditiously, strictly in view of the law laid down by Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra). . October 29, 2025 Madhu D.R/P.S Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dharmendra Kumar Maurya, Desh Raj Singh Yadav, Prince Singh, Rahul Agnihotri Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Prateek Tewari, Praveen Kumar Tewari (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Pankaj Mani .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko .....Opposite Party(s) Digitally signed by :- MADHU KUMARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench