HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1441 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1. Learned AGA has submitted that the anticipatory bail application is not maintainable as it has been filed directly before this Court without first approaching the learned Sessions Court. It is also submitted by the learned AGA that no pleading has been made in the bail application as to what are the exceptional circumstances under which the applicant can be permitted to file anticipatory bail application before this Court. 2. Perused the record so also the judgment of Full Bench of this Court in Ankit Bharti v. State of U.P. and Another {2020 SCC OnLine All 338} and the Supreme Court judgment in Mohammed Rasel C. & Anr. v. State of Kerala (2025 LiveLaw (SC) 884). 3. On consideration, it appears that no exceptional circumstances exist to entertain the anticipatory bail application directly before this Court. 4. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is dismissed. 5. However, the applicant is at liberty to approach the learned Sessions Court by filing the anticipatory bail application. October 7, 2025 R.C. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sandeep Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Swadesh .....Applicant(s) The State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench