Satyendra Singh and Another v. State of U.P

Court No. - 72 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 12623 of 2023 Applicant :- Satyendra Singh And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Vijay Tripathi,Rajeev Kumar,Vijay Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.

¶1Heard Sri Vijay Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicants and Sri Gaurav Srivastava, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Pranshu Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the record.

¶2The present application for anticipatory bail has been filed for protection in regard to Case No. 5783 of 2020, Case Crime No. 96 of 2020, under Sections 308, 324, 325, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., P.S.- Shamsabad, District-Agra.

¶3After arguing for some time, applicants' counsel submits that the present application for anticipatory bail may be disposed of with a direction to file a regular bail application which may be decided keeping in view the guidelines as 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.

¶4Learned A.G.A. and learned counsel for the informant have no objection to the prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicants.

¶5After hearing learned counsel for the parties, no case is made out for interference u/s 438 Cr.P.C. The present anticipatory bail application is disposed of with a direction that the applicants shall surrender before the concerned court within one month from today and in case, a regular bail application is filed, the same be decided in view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra).

¶6For the period of one month from today or till the time of surrender of the applicants before the concerned court, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants-Satyendra Singh and Dharmendra Singh, in the above case. (Justice Krishan Pahal) Order Date :- 20.11.2023 Shalini High Court of Judicature at Allahabad