HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 8525 of 2026 Arjun Singh .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Surendra Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 71 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J. 1. The Learned A.G.A., at the outset, has raised a preliminary objection by stating that the offences for which the applicant has been charged, in the event of conviction, do not entail imprisonment of more than seven years.The applicant has been absconding since the year 2004 and had moved an application before this Court being APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 25522 of 2026, in which this Court, on the prayer of the applicant, taking note of the issuance of non-bailable warrants and proceedings under Section 82 Cr.P.C., granted interim protection of three weeks from the date of the order, i.e. 06.07.2026, and directed the applicant to appear and apply for bail before the concerned court. The Learned A.G.A. has further stated that the applicant, despite the prayer made before this Court and the interim protection granted, did not appear and has moved this anticipatory bail application, which is not maintainable.

2. On being confronted with this fact, the Learned counsel for the applicant prays that he may be permitted to withdraw this application with liberty to appear before the concerned court and apply for regular bail, which may be considered and decided expeditiously in the light of the order passed by the Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Another, (2021) 10 SCC 773. 3. The Learned A.G.A. has no objection to the said prayer. NABAIL No. 8525 of 2026 2 4. Taking into account the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, it is directed that in case the applicant appears in Case Crime No.162 of 1993, under Sections 147, 148, 427 I.P.C. and Section 4 of Government Property Damages Act, P.S.- Farah, District-Mathura, before the Court concerned within a period of four weeks from today and applies for bail, his bail application shall be considered and disposed of expeditiously in accordance with law laid down by the Supreme Court in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Another, (2021) 10 SCC 773, and the subsequent orders passed by the Supreme Court in the above-mentioned case, without being influenced by any observations made by the concerned Court, while rejecting the anticipatory bail application of the applicant. 5. With the aforesaid observations/directions, this application stands disposed of. (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) September 8, 2026 Sachin Digitally signed by :- SACHIN TIWARI

High Court of Judicature at Allahabad