Allahabad High Court
JAY SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
Holding
A second anticipatory bail application filed after a prior rejection is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The applicant, Jay Singh, filed a second anticipatory bail application in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 4889 of 2020, seeking release on bail if arrested in connection with Crime No. 37 of 2015 under Sections 452 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The first bail application had already been rejected by the same court on merits. No counsel appeared for the applicant, while the State was represented by learned AGA B.P. Singh. The court noted that this was a second application after a prior rejection and dismissed it for want of prosecution. Consequently, the applicant was not granted anticipatory bail.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a second anticipatory bail application when the first has been rejected on merits?
Legislation cited
- Indian Penal Code — s. 302, 452
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Indian Penal Code
- Section 452
- Section 302
- criminal procedure
- bail application
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4889 of 2020
Jay Singh
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajay Kumar Kushwaha, Neeraj Kumar
Pandey, Sachchida Nand Tiwari
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 72
HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.
1. List has been revised. No one appears on behalf of the applicant.
2. Shri B.P. Singh, learned AGA for the State is present.
3. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case
Crime no.37 of 2015, under Sections 452, 302 of I.P.C., Police Station
Kydganj, District Allahabad, with the prayer that in the event of arrest,
applicant may be released on bail.
4. This is the second bail application filed on behalf of the applicant, and
the first bail application has already been rejected by this Court on merits.
5. In view of the above, the application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
(Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.)
March 19, 2026
RKM
Digitally signed by :-
RAJESH KUMAR MAURYA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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