Surendra Singh v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; S. 482 BNSS; Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application No. 3363 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad; Dr. Gautam Chowdhary, J.; order dated 15.7.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:113270; Surendra Singh v. State of U.P.; Case Crime Regn. No. 4/1997; Distt. Bijnor; Sections 376, 394, 506 IPC; applicant aged about seventy years; vague FIR; apprehension of arrest; evasion of summonses of judicial court; non-cooperation with judicial process; Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra (2011) 1 SCC 694 relied upon; anticipatory bail application rejected without opinion on merits; certified copy ordered to trial court; liberty to file regular bail application preserved.
What did the court decide?
Keeping in view the guidelines governing anticipatory bail (including the criteria recognised by the Supreme Court in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra) and weighing the contentions of counsel for both sides, the nature of the accusations, the applicant's conduct, and all facts and consequences of the case, the court found that the applicant is evading the summonses issued upon him by the concerned judicial court and is not according cooperation to the judicial process, thereby causing unnecessary delay/burden in the matter.