Ram Gopal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another
Anticipatory bail (S.438 Cr.P.C.) – second application
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 13); Subhash Vidyarthi, J.; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:49514; Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 438 Cr.P.C. No. 881 of 2025; decided 22.8.2025. Applicant: Ram Gopal (Counsel: Ruby Maurya); Opposite Party: State of U.P. thru Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and another (G.A.). Relates to Case Crime No. 196 of 2023 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) IPC, P.S. Rani Kotwali Nagar, District Bahraich. Second anticipatory bail application REJECTED (निरस्त / dismissed): the earlier ABA No. 246 of 2025 (order dt. 6.3.2025) had been rejected with liberty to appear before the trial court and file a regular bail application (the trial court following S.B.I., (2022) 10 SCC 51); the applicant neither appeared nor applied, and filed the second ABA after more than five months without disclosing the earlier application; counsel for the applicant conceded non-maintainability. Keywords: anticipatory bail; repeat/second ABA; suppression or non-disclosure of prior application; non-compliance with High Court direction; liberty to seek regular bail; S.438 CrPC; Bahraich.