Hemant v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Hemant v. State of U.P.; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Court No. 70; Hon'ble Deepak Verma, J.; Order Date 16.1.2025 (digitally signed Nitin Kumar Verma); Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:6827; Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No. 10319 of 2024; Case Crime No. 98 of 2024; Sections 115(2), 117(2), 109, 352, 351(2) of BNS; Police Station Shakti Nagar; District Sonbhadra; anticipatory bail relief not pressed on merit and refused; direction to courts below for expeditious decision of regular bail upon surrender within two weeks, per law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, 2021 SCC Online SC 922; no coercive action for two weeks or till surrender, whichever is earlier; application disposed of; counsel: Sri Dinesh Kumar Singh for applicant; G.A./A.G.A. for the State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory-bail relief refused (not pressed on merit). Alternative directions granted: (i) upon surrender before the concerned court within two weeks and application for regular bail, the courts below to decide the bail application expeditiously in accordance with the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI, 2021 SCC Online SC 922; (ii) no coercive action against the applicant for two weeks or until surrender, whichever is earlier. With these directions the anticipatory bail application stands disposed of.