Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:6850 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 255 of 2025 Applicant :- Anuj Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Anjani Kumar Shahwal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard Sri Anjani Kumar Shahwal, learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant anticipatory bail application has been moved by the applicant for enlarging him on bail in Case Crime No.45 of 2024, under Sections 386, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Mawana, District Meerut. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive; Informant is close relative of the applicant. Due to prior enmity, the present FIR has been lodged. Applicant has no concern with the alleged incident. Applicant is a student having no previous criminal history. There is no evidence against the applicant. It is submitted that the applicant is apprehensive of imminent arrest. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he would not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate with the investigation. 4. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant and submitted that on perusal of FIR, it is apparent that informant has earlier lodged FIR against the applicant in other case. Applicant is named in the FIR. Prima facie offence is made out against the applicant. It is not a case of false implication. The applicant is not entitled for any indulgence by this Court. Hence, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant may be rejected. 5. The object of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is that a person should not be unnecessarily harassed or humiliated in order to satisfy personal vendetta or grudge of complainant or any other person operating the things directly or from behind the curtains. 6. It is well settled that discretionary power conferred by the legislature on this Court cannot be put in a straitjacket formula but such discretionary power either grant or refusal of anticipatory bail has to be exercised carefully in appropriate cases with circumspection on the basis of the available material after evaluating the facts of the particular case and considering other relevant factors (nature and gravity of accusation, role attributed to accused, conduct of accused, criminal antecedents, possibility of the applicant to flee from justice, apprehension of tempering of the witnesses or threat to the complainant, impact of grant of anticipatory bail in investigation or society etc.) with meticulous precision maintaining balance between the conflicting interest, namely, sanctity of individual liberty and interest of society. 7. Without expressing any opinion on merits of the case and considering the submissions advanced, the nature and gravity of the accusation, I find no good ground for anticipatory bail to the applicant in the aforesaid case. 8. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is rejected. 9. However, if the applicant surrenders before the concerned court within two weeks from today and apply for regular bail, the bail application shall be decided expeditiously by the court concerned, in accordance with law. 10. Till two weeks from today or till surrender of the applicant before court concerned, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant. Order Date :- 16.1.2025 Nitin Verma Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad