Sonu and Another Vs State of U.P. and Another — Anticipatory Bail | Allahabad HC (2025)

Sonu and Another Vs State of U.P. and Another — Anticipatory Bail | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail refused (relief not pressed on merit). Alternative prayer allowed: applicants to surrender before the concerned Court below within two weeks and apply for regular bail, which shall be decided expeditiously in accordance with law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922; no coercive action against the applicants for two weeks or till surrender, whichever is earlier.

Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the applicants (Sonu and another) in Case Crime No. 552 of 2023 under Sections 379, 420 IPC, Police Station Kairana, District Shamli.

Court's answer

Learned counsel for the applicants, after arguing the matter at some length, did not press the anticipatory bail relief on merit and instead prayed for a direction to the courts below to decide the applicants' bail application expeditiously; the Court accordingly refused the relief sought through the application.

Ratio / Principle

If the applicants surrender before the concerned Court below within two weeks from the date of the order and apply for regular bail, their bail applications shall be decided expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with the law laid down by the Apex Court in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922.

Key takeaways

For a period of two weeks from the date of the order, or until the applicants surrender before the Court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against them.ratio¶7

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory Bail Application u/s 482 BNSS No. 1265 of 2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:23243), High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Deepak Verma, J.), decided 18.2.2025 — Applicants sought anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 552 of 2023, Sections 379, 420 IPC, Police Station Kairana, District Shamli. Counsel did not press the relief on merit and sought a direction for expeditious disposal of the regular bail application; the relief sought was accordingly refused. Court directed that if the applicants surrender within two weeks and apply for regular bail, the application be decided expeditiously in accordance with Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922, and that no coercive action be taken against them for two weeks or till surrender, whichever is earlier. Application disposed of.

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:23243

Court No. - 70

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1265 of 2025

Applicant :- Sonu And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Abhishek Singh,Adarsh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.

Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A. for the State.

The instant Anticipatory Bail Application has been filed with a prayer to grant anticipatory bail to the applicants in Case Crime No. 552 of 2023, under Sections 379, 420 IPC, Police Station- Kairana, District- Shamli.

After arguing the matter at some length, 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.

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

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

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, their bail applications 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.

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.

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

Order Date :- 18.2.2025/Anjali

Digitally signed by :- ANJALI SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad