Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:49554 Court No. - 69 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 2634 of 2025 Applicant :- Manoj Kumar And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Bhaiya Ram Narayan Singh,Avnish Chandra Tripathi,Shyam Singh Somvanshi,Udayraj Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Varma,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Anupam Anand, learned Brief Holder for the State, and perused the material on record. 2. This application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 83 of 2025, under Sections 223, 329(4), 331(4) B.N.S. and 2/3 Public Property Damages Act, Police Station Tirva, District- Kannauj. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicants have been falsely implicated in the instant case. The applicants have no criminal antecedents. It is next submitted that the investigation is going on and the applicants have apprehension of their arrest in the above mentioned case. 4. Per contra, learned Brief Holder for the State 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 B.N.S.S. it is submitted that since offences levelled in the first information report are punishable up to seven years only, the applicants 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 seven years. There is a specific provision under Section 35 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 B.N.S.S. is complied by the Investigating Officer, accused of such offences cannot be arrested. 7. Thus keeping in view 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 applicants cannot be arrested without complying with the provisions given in Section 35 B.N.S.S.. Specific provisions under Section 35 B.N.S.S. have been provided giving protection to the accused persons for arrest of 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 :- 7.4.2025 SKT/- Digitally signed by :- SHIVA KANT TIWARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad