CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 Cr.P.C. No. 244 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 244 of 2026 Sanjay Kumar Prasad .....Applicant(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shashank Shukla, Prachi Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 28 HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. The present application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in case crime/FIR No. 1101 of 2007, under Sections 420,467,468,120-B I.P.C. & Section 13(1)D read with Section 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, P.S.- Kotwali Nagar, District- Balrampur. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that the FIR has been lodged on 20.12.2007 for the incident which is said to have occurred in the year 2004. In the statement of S.P. Singh, the then Assistant Commissioner, Balrampur, he stated that for 3704.04 metric ton coal imported, earnest money had already been deposited by the committee. It is next submitted that in the statement of the Secretary Vidya