AYYUB Vs. STATE OF U.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri I.P. Srivastava, the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

(2.) The instant bail application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in light of the apprehension of the arrest of the applicant in Case Crime No. 530 of 2018, under Section 376, 420 I.P.C., Police Station Bilari, District- Moradabad.

(3.) The issue of whether an anticipatory bail application can be maintained after the charge sheet has been submitted, has been dealt with by this Court while rendering judgement in Vinod Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and Another1. While dealing with this question and after noticing the reference which has been made to a Larger Bench of the Supreme Court, this Court held thus: