Rajat Verma v. State of U.P

Court No. - 71 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 13173 of 2023 Applicant :- Rajat Verma Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Raj Narayan Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.

¶1Heard Mr. Raj Narayan Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State.

¶2This anticipatory bail application (under section 438 Cr.P.C.) has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in 748 of 2020, under Sections 406 and 384 IPC, Police Station Kotwali, District Fatehpur.

¶3During arguments, learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that all the above offences are punishable below seven years, hence, a direction may be issued to the court below to decide the bail application of the applicant in view of the judgment in the case Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, 2021 SCC Online SC 922.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the present anticipatory bail application is disposed of with the direction that in case the applicant appears before the court below and file bail application, the same shall be heard and disposed of, expeditiously, in view of the settled law laid by this Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil (Supra).

¶5The present anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 6.12.2023 Ajeet High Court of Judicature at Allahabad