The Allahabad High Court rejected an anticipatory bail application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. regarding cheating charges by noting the applicant had absconded twice, evaded investigation, and was likely to abscond again if granted loot.
The application was rejected and declared untenable.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:155035
Court No. - 71
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 6136 of 2023
Applicant :- Chetana Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Chandra Prakash Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.
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6&i=koyh ds voyksdu ls fofnr gksrk gS fd vkofsndk izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ esa uketn vfHk;qDr gSA iz'uxr ekeyk cSad ds xcu ls lEcfU/kr gS ftlesa 3]67]69]000@&:i;s dk xcu vkosfndk ,oa lg&vfHk;qDr ds fo:} n'kkZ;k x;k gSA vkosfndk ds fo:} ,d cMh jde ds ?kksVkys dk vkjksi yxk;k x;k gSA
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Order Date :- 3.8.2023 A.
Digitally signed by :- AFAQ AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
3 issues framed by the court
Whether anticipatory bail should be granted when the applicant has already absconded once and fraudulently nothing happened upon the amount involved under cheating charges.
Whether jurisdiction exists to grant anticipatory bail if the applicant makes no appearance in court.
Whether the applicant lacks locus standi to make a statutory claim for bail given the evidence of threat and coercion posed to financial stability.
7 provisions across 2 enactments
Chetana Singh
State of U.P.
Another
Shekhar Kumar Yadav
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
