Mahesh Chandra Gupta v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Vivek Varma, J.), order dated 07.05.2025, in Mahesh Chandra Gupta v. State of U.P., Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No. 3360 of 2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:73425). Anticipatory bail sought in Complaint Case No. 5905 of 2023 under Sections 18(c)/27(b)(ii), 18a, 28, 18(a)(1), 27(d) Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, P.S. Jalaun, District Jalaun. Application withdrawn by counsel (Ms. Vishakha Dubey holding brief of Sri Amar Singh Kashyap) and disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to surrender and file a regular bail application, to be decided in light of Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (SLP (Crl.) No. 5191 of 2021). Sri V.P. Tripathi, learned A.G.A., appeared for the State. No merits adjudicated; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the applicant to withdraw the anticipatory bail application, surrender before the concerned court and file a regular bail application, which is to be decided in the light of Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation and another.