Ganga Dhar Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail S.438 CrPC allowed — Ganga Dhar Singh v. State of U.P., Crl. Misc. AB Appn. 767 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 14), Karunesh Singh Pawar, J., 11 July 2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:39550). Bank loan/forgery-cheating case (Ss. 419/420/467/468/406/409/120-B IPC), Case Crime 162/2004, PS Bhiti, Ambedkar Nagar; Class IV employee allegedly took loans in customers' names by forgery; charge-sheet filed; ~21-year-old offence; surrender-within-ten-days mode; reliance on Sushila Aggarwal (2020 SCC OnLine SC 98).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: applicant directed to surrender before the trial court within ten days; upon surrender, trial court to enlarge him on anticipatory bail on a personal bond and two sureties of the like amount, subject to five enumerated conditions (no tampering/dissuasion, no leaving India without permission, no pressurising prosecution witnesses, appearance on each fixed date, cancellation on breach), plus any other reasonable restrictions the trial court deems fit.