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Altaf and 2 Others v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC22 Nov 2024ABAIL/11021/2024

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What is this about?

The High Court refused the primary prayer for anticipatory bail. Instead, allowing an alternative prayer, the Court granted a direction for coercive action abeyance and ordered that bail be decided expeditiously if the applicants surrender and apply for regular bail within two weeks, citing Satender Kumar Antil.

What did the court decide?

No coercive action for two weeks or till surrender; bail to be decided expeditiously on regular bail application submitted after surrender within two weeks.

Altaf and 2 Others vs State of U.P. and Another — Bail and Remand | Allahabad HC (2024)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:182703

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Court No. - 70

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 11021 of 2024

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Applicant :- Altaf And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Salma Bano Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.

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Heard Ms. Salma Bano, learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.

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The instant anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicants with a prayer to release them on bail in Case Crime No. 35 of 2021, under Section 323, 324, 504, 308 I.P.C., Police Station-Gunnaur, District- Sambhal.

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On the matter being taken up, learned counsel for the applicants have not pressed the relief as sought by means of this application on merit and prayed for issuance of appropriate direction to the concerned Courts below to decide the bail application of the applicants expeditiously.

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Learned A.G.A. has no objection in allowing the aforesaid prayer of the applicants.

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Accordingly the relief as sought by the applicants through this application is refused.

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Considering the aforesaid alternative prayer of the applicants, it is directed that if applicants surrender before the concerned Court below within two weeks from today and apply for regular bail, the bail application shall be decided expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in 2021 SCC Online SC 922.

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For the period of two weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicants before the Court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against them.

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With the aforesaid directions, this anticipatory bail application stands disposed of.

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Order Date :- 22.11.2024

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Nitin Verma

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Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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