Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:33561 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 5069 of 2024 Applicant :- Ranjan Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Krishn Kumar,Sanjiv Kumar Dwivedi,Shashi Ranjan Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Mohd. Afzal,Saumitra Dwivedi Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and the learned AGA for the State and perused the record. 3. The instant anticipatory bail application has been moved by the applicant for enlarging him on anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 0304 of 2022, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, I.P.C., and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Dhoomanganj District Prayagraj, during pendency of investigation. 4. The applicant is the husband and by order of this Court dated 29.05.2024, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre. The parties appeared before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre but the matter could not be settled. As per the report of the Mediation Centre dated 03.12.2024, counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is falsely implicated and tried to settle the matter but the same could not be materialized on account of heavy demand made by the wife-informant. He next submitted that he will cooperate with the trial. 5. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the applicant and submitted that applicant earlier filed an Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C., and the same was rejected and the applicant-husband after two weeks' of marriage, the applicant beaten his wife and demanded dowry. He next submitted that on the request of the applicant, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, but the applicant did not ready to materialize and settle the matter. 6. Considering the averments that the applicant is the husband and named in the FIR anc the charge sheet has been submitted against the applicant and anticipatory bail is not supported by any evidence collected during investigation. On perusal of FIR, prima facie, offence under the aforesaid section is made out. It is not a case of false implication. 7. In view of the aforesaid, no interference is warranted at this stage, accordingly, the present anticipatory bail application is rejected. Order Date :- 6.3.2025 NSC Digitally signed by :- NARENDRA SINGH CHAUDHARY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad