ORDER

1. The Court is convened through Video Conferencing.

2. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and carefully perused the material placed on record.

3. The petitioner filed an application under Section 438 Cr.PC seeking grant of anticipatory bail. The same was accompanied with an I.A. seeking ex-parte ad-interim bail/interim protection during the pendency of the main application.

4. When the application was listed before it on 17.01.2022, the High Court passed the following order:

"Shri Sundeep Shrivastava, counsel for applicant.

Shri Alok Nigam, Govt. Advocate for the State.

Shri Goutam Khetrapal, counsel for complainant/objector.

Heard.

Admit.

Call for case diary.

Learned State counsel is directed to verify criminal antecedents of applicant, if any.

List this case for final hearing in due course."

5. The main grievance of the petitioner is that the High Court merely admitted the anticipatory bail application filed by him with a further direction to list in due course, but did not consider his I.A. seeking interim protection during pendency of the bail application although co-accused in the same FIR has been granted interim protection from arrest till the final dispo