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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 8203 of 2025 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.
1. Heard Shri Shivam Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri J.P.Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime no.170 of 2024, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, 504, 506 of IPC, Police Station Sadar Bazar, District Mathura, with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicant may be released on bail. 3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and she has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that as per first information report, there is allegation that the husband of the applicant got executed a forged will and on the basis of the said will, property of the first informant was grabbed by him. It is further submitted that a civil suit is pending between the husband of the applicant and the first informant side. It is further submitted that the husband of applicant, namely, Pramod Kumar Kulshretha has already been granted bail by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 14.08.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.26336 of 2025. It is further submitted that the applicant is having no criminal history. It was also submitted that applicant undertakes to co-operate during trial and she would appear as and when required by the investigating agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, applicant is granted anticipatory bail, she shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shivam Shukla, Vinod Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Kalpana .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. has opposed the application for anticipatory bail. 5. As per allegation in the first information report, the husband of the applicant got executed a forged will and on the basis of the said will, he tried to grab the property of the first informant. It is further submitted that a civil suit is pending between the husband of the applicant and the first informant side.
It is further submitted that the husband of applicant, namely, Pramod Kumar Kulshretha has already been granted bail by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 14.08.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.26336 of 2025. It is further submitted that the applicant is having no criminal history. 6. It may be stated that in case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694, it has been held by Hon'ble Supreme Court that while deciding anticipatory bail, Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must evaluate entire available material against the accused carefully and that the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into consideration. 7. In the instant case, considering the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, role of applicant and all attending facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, a case for anticipatory bail is made out. 8. The anticipatory bail application is allowed. 9. In the event of arrest of the applicant- Kalpana involved in the aforesaid case crime shall be released on anticipatory bail on her furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, with the following conditions :- (i) The applicant shall not tamper with evidence and that she would appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted by the Court concerned; (ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her/them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer;
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(iii) The applicant would co-operate during trial and would not misuse the liberty of bail.
(iv) The applicant shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned. 10. In default of any of the conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the applicant. October 15, 2025 RKM NABAIL No. 8203 of 2025 3 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad