HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 8376 of 2025 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J. 1. Heard Shri Aditya Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri O.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.145 of 2025, under Section 3/7 Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Police Station Civil Lines, District Etawah, 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 he has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the allegation against the applicant is that 17.81 quintal of rice and 11.56 quintal of wheat were not distributed by him to the beneficiaries. It is further submitted that the applicant is the owner of the public distribution shop. It is further submitted that the alleged food-grains have not been sold in the open market rather the said food-grains are still lying in the stock of the applicant. 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 he would appear as and when required by the investigating agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, applicant is granted anticipatory bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co- operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. has opposed the application for anticipatory bail and it has been submitted that the applicant deliberately did not distribute the food-grains to the beneficiaries. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Aditya Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Saty Narayan .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) 5. As per allegation in the first information report, 17.81 quintal of rice and 11.56 quintal of wheat were not distributed by him to the beneficiaries. It is further submitted that the applicant is the owner of the public distribution shop. It is further submitted that the alleged food-grains have not been sold in the open market rather the said food-grains are still lying in the stock of the applicant. 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- Saty Narayan involved in the aforesaid case crime shall be released on anticipatory bail on his 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 he 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; (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 NABAIL No. 8376 of 2025 2 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. 8376 of 2025 3 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad