ORDER :

SLP(Crl.)Nos. 1928-1929 of 2021

1. Leave granted.

2. In these appeals, the informant of Case Crime No. C-37 of 1997, under Sections 364, 304 and 506 IPC, Police Station –Phoolpur, District – Varanasi, has challenged the order dated 03.02.2021 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Miscellaneous Anticipatory Bail Application No. 1195 of 2021, granting anticipatory bail to the respondent No. 2-Shankhdhar Dwivedi in SLP(Crl.) No. 1928 of 2021; and another order of even date by the High Court in Criminal Miscellaneous Anticipatory Bail Application No. 9211 of 2020, granting anticipatory bail to the respondent No. 2-R. Rajan in SLP(Crl.) No. 1929 of 2021.

3. The allegations in this matter are of custodial death of the father of the appellant on 01.03.1997, after his arrest from Varanasi on 28.02.1997. After having gone through the routes of the application under Section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973; filing of negative final report dated 23.10.1998; filing of protest petition by the appellant; acceptance of the protest petition; and certain miscellaneousapplications in the High Court for stay of proceedings, ultimately, the matter was taken up