HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 46788 of 2025 Court No. - 76 HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J. Sri J.P. Singh Jadaun, Advocate holding brief of Ms. Archana Singh Jadaun, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Paritosh Kumar, Ist, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material on record. The present application under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the applicant to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 784 of 2018 arising out of Case Crime No. 22 of 2018, under Sections 66-D, 66-E, 67 of I.T. Act, Police Station- Erach, District- Jhansi as well as cognizance/summoning order dated 16.09.2025, pending in the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division)/ A.C.J.M., Garautha, Jhansi. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant was not arrested during the course of investigation and the charge-sheet has been submitted against him. It is further submitted that the offence is punishable up to 7 years imprisonment. Upon considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant is, hereby, refused. After some arguments, learned counsel for the applicant wants to withdraw the application with liberty to file a regular bail application before the court of competent jurisdiction. In case bail application is filed by the learned counsel for the applicant, the same shall be decided in the light of the observations made in the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Archna Singh Jadaun, Santosh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Jabir Ali .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) Bureau of Investigation & Another, (2022) 10 SCC 51, wherein the Supreme Court considering the category(A) as mentioned in the paragraph no. 2, bail applications of such accused against which charge-sheet has been submitted on appearance may be decided without the accused being taken in physical custody or by granting interim bail till the bail application is decided. It has been observed that at the cost of repetition, we wish to state that, in category A, one would expect a better exercise of discretion on the part of the court in favour of the accused. The application stands disposed of with the aforesaid liberty. May 5, 2026 Ishan NA528 No. 46788 of 2025 2 (Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.) Digitally signed by :- ISHAN JAISWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ISHAN JAISWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad