Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:48304 Court No. - 69 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 2574 of 2025 Applicant :- Bahadur Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Irfan Chaudhary, Srijan Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Varma,J. 1. Heard Sri Nakul Sharma, counsel for the applicant through video conferencing as well as Sri Neeraj Kumar Sharma, learned AGA for the State and perused the material on record. 2. This application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in Case bearing F.I.R. No. 711 dated 24.09.2024, under sections 316(2), 318(4) of B.N.S., Police Station Banna Devi, District- Aligarh. 3. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case. The applicant has no criminal antecedents. It is next submitted that the investigation is going on and the applicant has apprehension of his arrest in the above mentioned case 4. Per contra, learned A.G.A opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that the investigation is pending in the matter. A prima facie case is made out. Referring to the provisions of Section 35 of B.N.S.S. it is submitted that since offences levelled in the first information report are punishable up to seven years only the applicant cannot be arrested. An apprehension of arrest shown in the anticipatory bail is not genuine. Thus prayer has been made for rejection of anticipatory bail. 5. I have considered the rival submissions raised by learned counsel for the parties. 6. In the matter, it is evident from the record that anticipatory bail has been moved for the offences in which the maximum punishment is of seven years. There is a specific provision under Section 35 of B.N.S.S. on point of arrest of the accused relating to the offences punishable up to seven years. Until and unless the mandate given in Section 35 of B.N.S.S. is complied by the Investigating Officer, accused of such offences cannot be arrested. 7. Thus keeping in view of the statutory provisions on point of arrest of the accused, the Court is of the opinion that there is no need of anticipatory bail as the applicant cannot be arrested without complying with the provision given in Section 35 of B.N.S.S. Specific provisions under Section 35 of B.N.S.S. have been provided giving protection to the accused persons from arrest in offences punishable up to seven years punishment. Thus, prayer made in the present application is refused. 8. With the above observations, the present application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 5.4.2025 Sachin Mishra Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad