CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. 6234 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 6234 of 2026 Nanak Chand .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Samarth Sinha, Vijay Sinha Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 71 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Learned counsel for the applicant and Learned A.G.A. for the State as well as perused the record. 2. The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Case Crime No.2280 of 2018, under Sections 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act and Section 66-C I.T. (Amendment) Act, 2000 and Sections 409, 120B of the IPC, Police Station Indrapuram, District Ghaziabad, with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail as the applicant apprehends his arrest in the abovementioned case. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant is a fair price shop agent. The Food Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh had issued a communication to all the District Supply Officers indicating that the fair price shop agents were manipulating the database of the ration card holders by using the EPOS machines. Learned counsel contends that many