HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 1347 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1.The present anticipatory bail application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in case crime No.452 of 1999 under sections 420, 406 I.P.C., P.S. Kotwali Sadar, district Unnao. 2.Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 3.Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the charge sheet has already been filed in the year 2012. The offences are punishable upto seven years. The trial court may be directed to protect the liberty of the applicant in view of judgment in Satender Kumar Antil versus Central bureau of Investigation and another (2022)10 SCC 51. Learned counsel for the applicant undertakes that the applicant shall cooperate in the trial. 5. Learned Addl. Government Advocate has opposed the prayer made by applicant's counsel. 6.I have considered the submission and perused the record as well as order passed by the Sessions Court. A perusal of the order dated 20.9.2025 passed by the Sessions Judge, Unnao shows that the learned Sessions Judge while disposing of the anticipatory bail application of the applicant directed the applicant to surrender and move regular bail application which may be directed to be Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Harish Nigam @ Harishchandra .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) decided in the light of judgment in Satender Kumar Antil's case (supra). Thus, the prayer made by the applicant has already been granted by the trial court. The record further shows that the applicant is aware about the proceedings of the trial since 2012 when he filed Crl. Misc. Writ petition filed as Annexure No.2 to the bail application. Non-bailable warrants are pending against the applicant. Thus, it cannot be said that the applicant was not aware about the proceedings. The trial is lingering on for more than 20 years. The offences are punishable upto seven years. The applicant can very well move for regular bail application. 7. The application is rejected accordingly. December 5, 2025 kkb/ ABAIL No. 1347 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KUMAR BARANWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench