Raju Dai @ Raju Devi and Another Vs State of U.P. — Cheating and Forgery | Allahabad HC (2025)

Raju Dai @ Raju Devi and Another Vs State of U.P. — Cheating and Forgery | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Alternative prayer allowed: applicants permitted to surrender before the concerned Court below within two weeks and apply for regular bail, which shall be decided expeditiously per Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation (2021 SCC OnLine SC 922); no coercive action against them for two weeks or till surrender, whichever is earlier.

Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the applicants in Case Crime No.506 of 2024 under Sections 318(4), 316(2), 317(2), 338, 336, 340(2), 111(1) B.N.S., Police Station Najibabad, District Bijnor. +1 more

Court's answer

The relief sought through the anticipatory bail application is refused, the applicants having elected not to press it on merit.

Ratio / Principle

It is directed that if the applicants surrender before the concerned Court below within two weeks and apply for regular bail, the bail application 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 (2021 SCC OnLine SC 922).

Key takeaways

For two weeks from the date of the order, or till the time the applicants surrender before the Court below, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against them.ratio¶¶12

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory Bail Application (S. 482 BNSS), High Court of Judicature at Allahabad — Raju Dai @ Raju Devi and another v. State of U.P.; applicants wanted in Case Crime No.506 of 2024, Sections 318(4), 316(2), 317(2), 338, 336, 340(2), 111(1) B.N.S., Police Station Najibabad, District Bijnor — Counsel did not press the anticipatory-bail prayer on merit and asked instead that the courts below decide the applicants' regular bail application expeditiously; learned A.G.A. offered no objection — Prayer for anticipatory bail refused; application DISPOSED OF with directions that, on surrender within two weeks and application for regular bail, the courts below shall decide it expeditiously in accordance with the law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 922, and that no coercive action be taken against the applicants for two weeks or till surrender, whichever is earlier (Order dated 19.3.2025; Deepak Verma, J.).

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:39423

Court No. - 67

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 2187 of 2025

Applicant :- Raju Dai @ Raju Devi And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Kiran Rani,Laloo Yadav 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 an anticipatory bail to the applicants in Case Crime No.506 of 2024, under Sections 318(4), 316(2), 317(2), 338, 336, 340(2), 111(1) B.N.S., Police Station- Najibabad, District- Bijnor.

After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the applicants has 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, the bail application 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 :- 19.3.2025 SKD

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