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Ankur @ Ankush v. State of U.P.

Allahabad HC22 May 2025ABAIL/9416/2024

Case brief

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What is this about?

Anticipatory bail dismissed — Allahabad High Court, Dr. Gautam Chowdhary, J., Crl. Misc. AB Application U/S 438 Cr.P.C. No. 9416 of 2024, Ankur @ Ankush v. State of U.P. (order dated 23.5.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:88815). FIR No. 53 of 2024; Ss. 379, 411 IPC (theft / receiving stolen property); S. 4/21 Mines and Minerals Act, 1957 (illegal mining/excavation of minor minerals); charge-sheet filed; no suitable and sufficient grounds for S.438 relief; liberty to seek regular bail; AIR 2023 SC 3307 cited by Government Advocate (liberty vs. gravity of accusation, antecedents, societal impact). Source text partially corrupted (Hindi mojibake).

What did the court decide?

No relief; anticipatory bail refused. Liberty reserved to the applicant to move for regular bail before the competent court. ¶¶13

Ankur @ Ankush Vs State of U.P. — Mining and Natural Resources | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

No relief; anticipatory bail refused. Liberty reserved to the applicant to move for regular bail before the competent court.

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Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. should be granted to applicant Ankur @ Ankush in connection with FIR No. 53 of 2024 registered under Sections 379, 411 IPC and Section 4/21 of the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957 (police station/district illegible in corrupted text).

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Court's answer

After hearing counsel on both sides and considering the present application, the Court reached the view that no suitable and sufficient ground had been presented by the applicant's counsel for the grant of anticipatory bail (deciphered from corrupted Hindi: 'अग्रिम जमानत दिलाने के लिए कोई उपयुक्त एवं पयाप्त आधार प्रस्तुत नहीं किया गया').

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Ratio / Principle

Accordingly, the present anticipatory bail application of applicant Ankur @ Ankush is dismissed/rejected.

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Key takeaways

Notwithstanding the dismissal, the applicant remains free to file an appropriate regular-bail application before the concerned/competent court.obiter¶¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Court No. 86; Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary, J.; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:88815; Order Date 23.5.2025) dismissed a Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application under S. 438 Cr.P.C. (No. 9416 of 2024) filed by Ankur @ Ankush, arraigned in FIR No. 53 of 2024 under Sections 379 and 411 IPC and Section 4/21 of the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957 (police station/district unreadable in the corrupted Hindi text). The State (G.A.) opposed the application, asserting that the accused, along with a co-accused, had engaged in illegal digging/extraction of minerals, that a charge-sheet had already been filed in the concerned court, and relied on AIR 2023 SC 3307 for the proposition that although personal liberty is precious, courts must weigh the seriousness of the accusation, the accused's antecedents and the impact on society; defence counsel urged absence of criminal history and eyewitnesses. Hearing both sides, the Court found that no suitable and sufficient ground was presented for grant of anticipatory bail and accordingly dismissed the application, leaving the applicant free to file an appropriate regular-bail application before the competent court. An earlier anticipatory-bail application dated 16.10.2024 is noted. CAUTION: the Hindi passages of this order are severely OCR-corrupted (legacy-font mojibake); the FIR number, statutory references and dispositive language were deciphered via a systematic glyph mapping and should be independently verified against the certified copy before citation.

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:88815

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Court No. - 86

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 9416 of 2024

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Applicant :- Ankur @ Ankush Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ashish Goyal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.

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वररममनअगगमजममनरआववदनपत, मम०अ०सस० 53 वरर 2024, असरर धमरम 379, 411 भम०दस०सस०एवसधमरम 4/21 खननएवसखगनजअधधगनयम, 1957, थमनममलपमरम, धजलमआररमममअगगमजममनरककममसरकररवहहएइस पमथरनमकवसमथपसरमरगकयमरयमहहगकगररफरमररककससथगरममआववदककक जममनरपरररहमगकयमजमए।

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आववदककवगवदमनअधधवकमएवसरमजयककओरसवउपससथरगवदमनअपर शमसककयअधधवकमककसमनमएवसपतमवलरकमपररशरलनगकयम।

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आववदकककइसनयमयमलयककअनयनयमयपरठदमरमगदनमनक 16.10.2024 ककअनरररमअगगमजममनरपदमनककरयरथर।

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आववदककवगवदमनअधधवकमदमरमरकरगदयमरयमहहगकआववदकगनदररहह रथमउसवआशसकमहहगकउसवउपयमरकमममलवममगररफरमरगकयमजमसकरमहह, जबगकउसकवगवरदककईगवशसनरयसमकयनहहहह।उनकवदमरमआरवयहभर रकरपसरमरगकयमरयमगकआववदक, एकमजददरहहएवसमजददररकरकवगकसरररह अपनमजरवन-यमपनकररमहह।आववदककमकधथरघटनमसवककईवमसरमएवस सरककमरनहहहह।आववदककमनममसह-अगभयमकबनवमररलमलकवबयमनकव पकमशममआयमहह।घटनमकमककईचशमदरदसमकरनहहहह।उनकमयहभररकरहह गकआववदककमककईआपरमधधकइगरहमसनहहहहरथमआववदककवगवरदअब रकककईबलपदवरकपगकयमजमररनहहककरईहह।यहभररकरपसरमरगकयमरयम गकआववदकजमसचरथमपररकणकवददरमनसहयकरकरनवकमवचनदवरमहहरथम वहजमसचएजमसरअथवमनयमयमलयदमरमअपवगकरहकनवपरउपससथरहकरम।

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गवदमनअपरशमसककयअधधवकमदमरमअगभयमककवअगगमजममनरकमगवरकध कररवहहएयहरकरपसरमरगकयमरयमगकअगभयमकदमरमसह-अगभयमककवसमथ गमलकरअवहधरपसवगमटरकमखननगकयमरयमहह।आववदककवगवरद समबसनधरनयमयमलयममआरकपपतपवगररगकयमजमचमकमहह।गवधधवयवसथम पगरभममनचनदमबनममहररयमनमरमजय AIR 2023 SC 3307 ममममननरय नयमयमलयनवयहअगभगनधम र ररगकयमहहगकवयगकररसवरसतरममहतवपदणरहह, परनरमनयमयमलयदमरमअगगमजममनरपदमनकररववकइसरथयककभरदगषरर रखनमचमगहयवगकमममलवसवससबसधधरअपरमधकककयमरसभरररमहहरथमउसकम

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सममजपरकयमपभमवपडवरम।उनकमयहभररकरहहगकअगभयमकदमरमकमररर अपरमधरसभररपककगरकमहहरथमअगभयमककमअगगमजममनरपमथरनमपत गनरसरगकयवजमनवयकगयहह।

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उभयपकककवगवदमनअधधवकमरणककसमननवऔरवररममनआववदनममगकए रएकथनकपरगवचमरकरनवकवउपरमसर, यहनयमयमलयइसरमयपरहहगक आववदककवगवदमनअधधवकमदमरमअगगमजममनरदवनवकवधलएककईउपयमकएवस पयमरपआधमरपसरमरनहहगकयमरयमहह।

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रदनमसमर, आववदकअसकमरउररअसकमशकमवररममनअगगमजममनरआववदन पतगनरसरगकयमजमरमहह।

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हमलमसगक, आववदकससबसधधरगवचमरणनयमयमलयकवसमकगनयगमरजममनर आववदनपतपसरमरकरनवहवरमसवरसतहह।

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Order Date :- 23.5.2025 Rahul

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

Ankur @ Ankush v. State of U.P.

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