Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:22071 Court No. - 70 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 223 of 2025 Applicant :- Rajat Kumar Tripathi Alias Shani Tripathi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Radhey Shyam Shukla,Vipul Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State of U.P./opposite party no.1 and perused the record. 2. The instant Anticipatory Bail Application has been filed with a prayer to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant in Case Crime No. 67 of 2018, under Sections 307, 34 IPC, Police Station- Ram Chandra Mission, District- Shahjahanpur, till the conclusion of trial. 3. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the applicant has not pressed the relief as sought by means of this application on merit and prayed for issuance of appropriate direction to the concerned Courts below to decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously.. 4. Learned A.G.A. has no objection in allowing the aforesaid prayer of the applicant. 5. Accordingly the relief as sought by the applicant through this application is refused. 6. Considering the aforesaid alternative prayer of the applicant, it is directed that if applicant surrender before the concerned Court below within two weeks from today and applies for regular bail, the bail application shall be decided expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another, reported in 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922. 7. For the period of two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned Court below, whichever is earlier, non-bailable warrant issued against the applicant, shall be kept in abeyance. 8. With the above observations and directions, this anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 17.2.2025 Aditya Digitally signed by :- ADITYA KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad