Annu Kar vs State of U.P.

2. Present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 160 of 2023, under Sections 420, 408, 506, 120B IPC, Police Station Sector 142, District Gautam Budh Nagar with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicant may be released on bail.

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3. At the very outset, learned A.G.A. submits that he has not received any instructions as yet.

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4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is innocent and she has an apprehension that she may be arrested in the above-mentioned case. He further submits that no offence is made out against the applicant. It is further submitted that similarly placed co-accused Abhinay Kar has already been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.7.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 14476 of 2025. It is also submitted that maximum punishment which can be imposed on conviction is seven years. It was also submitted that applicant undertakes to co-operate during trial and she would appear as and when required by the investigating

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agency or Court. It has been stated that in case, applicant is granted anticipatory bail, she shall not misuse the liberty of bail and will co-operate with the investigation and would obey all conditions of bail.

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5. It may be stated that in case of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra , (2011) 1 SCC 694, it has been held by Hon'ble Supreme Court that while deciding anticipatory bail, the Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice and that Court must evaluate entire available material against the accused carefully and that the exact role of the accused has also to be taken into consideration.

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6. Considering the above submissions of the learned counsel for the applicant and without expressing any opinion on merits, the applicant- Annu Kar involved in the aforesaid case crime be released on interim anticipatory bail on her furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned till 3.12.2025 with the following conditions :-

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(i) The applicant shall not tamper with evidence and that she would appear before the trial Court on the date fixed unless exempted by the Court concerned;

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(ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her/them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer;

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(iii) The applicant would cooperate during trial and would not misuse the liberty of interim interim anticipatory bail bail.

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(iv) The applicant shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court concerned.

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7. In default of any of the conditions, the prosecution shall be at

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liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of interim anticipatory bail granted to the applicant herein.