Ajmat and 4 Others v. State of U.P

Court No. - 72 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 13819 of 2023 Applicant :- Ajmat And 4 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sushil Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J.

¶1List has been revised.

¶2Heard Sri Sushil Dubey, learned counsel for applicants as well as Sri Pranshu Kumar, learned Additional Government Advocate for State.

¶3The present application for anticipatory bail has been filed for protection in regard to Case Crime No.324 of 2023, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 307, 336, 504, 427 I.P.C. and 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act, P.S. Simbhawali, District Hapur.

¶4After 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 2022 SCC OnLine SC 825.

¶5Learned A.G.A. has no objection to the prayer of learned counsel for the applicants.

¶6After 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 case of Satender Kumar Antil (supra).

¶7For 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-Ajmat, Arif, Rais, Mohd. Talib Ali and Mohd. Zaid, in the above case. Order Date :- 14.12.2023 Ravi Kant (Krishan Pahal, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad