Honble VERMA, J. - This application under Sec. 482 Cr.P.C. was initially filed for grant of anticipatory bail under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C. However, when the matter was being argued finally, the learned counsel for the petitioner urged that he may be permitted to treat this petition as one filed under Sec. 482 Cr.P.C. In the circumstances of the case, I permitted him to do so. Hence, the application has been heard under Sec. 482 Cr.P.C. It may be so registered by the office.

(2). Now, the factual matrix. The petitioner is a resident of Sojat City within territorial limits of Addl. Sessions Judge, Sojat exercising jurisdiction in Sessions Division, Pali. The petitioner apprehended his arrest in connection with F.I.R. No. 88 of 1993 of P.S. Fatehpur, for offences under Sections 302, 304, 328 I.P.C. read with Sec. 54 of the Rajasthan Excise Act. Hence, he moved an application for grant of anticipatory bail under Sec. 438 Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter the Code) before the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Sojat. Admittedly, P.S. Fatehpur did not fall within the territorial jurisdiction of Additional Sessions Judge, Sojat but fell within the jurisdiction of Sessions Judge, Sikar. By the

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