Santosh Kumar Sonkar v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another

Court No. - 13 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 2190 of 2023 Applicant :- Santosh Kumar Sonkar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Aditya Prakash Sharma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned Additional Government Advocate for State. This is second anticipatory bail application under section 438 CrPCin case crime No.0499 of 2018 under sections 3/7 Essential commodities Act, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, district Raebareli. A perusal of the application shows that there is no pleading to the effect that the accused applicant has any apprehension of arrest. At this stage, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the application may be dismissed as not pressed with libery to file fresh regular bail application before the Court below which may be decided in view of the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and another Special Leave to Appeal (Cri)No.5191 of 2021, to which learned A.G.A. has no objection. In view of the above, the present application is dismissed as not pressed, and as prayed by the applicant's counsel, it is provided that in case the applicant appears before the trial court within three weeks from today and a bail application is filed, the same be decided expeditiously, in view of the law laid down by Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil's case (supra). Order Date :- 6.11.2023 kkb/ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench