Pankaj Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, U.P. Lucknow and Another

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 2707 of 2023 Applicant :- Pankaj Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, U.P. Lucknow And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Manoj Kumar Singh,Kunwar Prithvi Tomar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Manoj Kumar Singh, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri Anant Pratap Singh, the learned Additional Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the State and Sri Santosh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the informant and perused the records.

¶2The instant application has been filed by the applicant seeking anticipatory bail in F.I.R. bearing Case Crime No.712 of 2019, under Sections 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C., registered at Police Station Wazirganj, District Lucknow.

¶3At the outset, learned counsel for the informant has raised a preliminary objection that the applicant has approached this court directly without applying anticipatory bail before the Sessions Court.

¶4Having been confronted with the aforesaid objection, learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the instant application may be dismissed as not pressed leaving it open to the applicant to approach the Sessions Court seeking anticipatory bail.

¶5Accordingly, present application is rejected with aforesaid liberty. Order Date :- 24.11.2023 prateek High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench