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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 8422 of 2025 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.
1. Heard Sri C.S, Mishra, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri B.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. 285 of 2024 under Sections 191 (2), 332 (c), 115 (2), 351 (3), 110 of B.N.S., Police Station Janakpuri, District Saharanpur with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicants may be released on bail. 3. It has been contended by learned counsel for the applicants that there are general and omnibus allegations against the applicants. It is further submitted that the injuries sustained by the injured are grievous in nature. The applicants have co-operated in the investigation and chargesheet has been filed in the present case. It is also submitted that applicants have no criminal history to their credit. It was also submitted that applicants undertake to co-operate during trial and they would appear as and when required by the investigating agency or Court and in case they are granted anticipatory bail, they shall not misuse the liberty of bail and would obey all conditions of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail and submits that all the four applicants assaulted the first informant as a result of which, he sustained injuries of fracture on his frontal and temporal bones. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Chandra Shekhar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Manish And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
5. I have considered the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties. 6. As per the FIR, the applicants are said to have assaulted the first informant as a result of which, he received grievous injuries of fracture in frontal and temporal bones. Applicants have clean antecedents and they co-operated in the investigation. Chargesheet has been filed in the present case. 7.
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, the Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedents of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must also evaluate the entire available material against the accused carefully and the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into consideration. 8. In the instant case, considering the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail, submissions of learned counsel for the parties, nature of accusation, role of applicants and all attending facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, a case for anticipatory bail is made out. 9. The anticipatory bail application is allowed. 10. In the event of arrest of the applicants Manish, Akash, Sawan and Pankaj involved in the aforesaid case crime, they shall be released on anticipatory bail on their 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 applicants shall not tamper with evidence and that they would appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted by the Court concerned; (ii) The applicants 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 NABAIL No. 8422 of 2025 2
police officer; (iii) The applicants would cooperate during trial and would not misuse the liberty of bail. (iv) The applicants shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned. 11. 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 applicants.
October 15, 2025 Madhurima NABAIL No. 8422 of 2025 3 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- MADHURIMA GARG High Court of Judicature at Allahabad