Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:72376 Court No. - 78 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 2452 of 2025 Applicant :- Smt. Meena Verma @ Meena Rani Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Anurag Pathak,Harshit Pathak Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate representing the State and perused the record of the case. 2. This application has been filed by the applicant for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant in Case Crime No. 128 of 2019, under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 and 120B I.P.C. and Section 13(1) (A), 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, police station Mandawar, district Bijnor, during the pendency of trial. 3. When the case was taken up on 21.04.2025, learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant does not want to press the relief of grant of anticipatory bail and prays that her prayer for bail may be directed to be considered. Thereafter, the Court passed the following orders: "On the matter being taken up, learned Additional Government Advocate representing the State submits that it is a matter of the year 2019, F.I.R. was lodged on 18.04.2019, in which after culmination of investigation charge sheet has also been submitted on 13.09.2022, on which concerned trial court took cognizance of the offence on 20.09.2022, but neither charge sheet nor order sheet of the trial court has been filed by the applicant. In response, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant does not want to press the relief as sought for by means of this application and prays that the applicant may be granted some protection to enable her to appear before the court concerned and to apply for bail. Learned counsel for the applicant prays for and is granted a week's time to file an application in this regard. Let this matter be listed as fresh on 29.04.2025." 4. Pursuant to the aforesaid order of this Court dated 21.04.2025, learned counsel for the applicant has filed a supplementary affidavit dated 29.04.2025 praying for expeditious disposal of her bail application. 5. Learned Additional Government Advocate representing the State submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought for by her on merits and wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection if the Court grants protection to her for a short period. 6. In view of the above, the relief as sought by the applicant in the instant application is refused. 7. However, considering the prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant in the supplementary affidavit dated 29.04.2025, it is directed that if the applicant surrenders before the concerned court below within three weeks from today and applies for bail, the bail application of the applicant shall be heard and disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law and keeping in view the guidelines as laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation and another, 2021 SCC Online SC 922. 8. For the period of three weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against her. 9. With the above observations and directions, this anticipatory bail application is disposed of. Order Date :- 6.5.2025 Kashifa Digitally signed by :- KASHIFA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad