Vijay Nath Yadav and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 71 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 12952 of 2023 Applicant :- Vijay Nath Yadav And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Sagar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Devendra Kumar Tiwari,Dheeraj Kumar Pandey Hon'ble Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for applicants, learned A.G.A. for State and also perused the material available on record.

¶2The present application for anticipatory bail has been filed by the applicant for protection in regard to Case Crime No.100 of 2023, under Sections 323, 504, 308 I.P.C., P.S.- Koirauna, District-Bhadohi.

¶3After arguing for some time, applicant's counsel submits that he does not want to press the prayer for release of the applicants on anticipatory bail. His sole prayer is that a direction may be issued to the court below to decide the bail application of the applicants in view of the judgement 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. has no objection to the prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicants.

¶5In view of the above, considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by learned counsel for the applicants, the present anticipatory bail application is disposed of with the direction that in case the applicants filed bail application before the court below, the same shall be heard and disposed of expeditiously by the court below in view of the settled law laid down by the Apex court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra).

¶6With the above observations and directions, this application is disposed of. Order Date :- 2.12.2023 // Krishna* High Court of Judicature at Allahabad