JUDGMENT :

Raj Beer Singh, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Hemant Sharma, learned counsel for first informant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

2. The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No.354 of 2021, under Sections 364, 370, 376, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Shikarpur, District Bulandshahar with the prayer that in the event of arrest, applicant may be released on bail.

3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and he has an apprehension that he may be arrested in the above-mentioned case, whereas there is no credible evidence against him. As per version of FIR, the allegation against applicant is that on 31.07.2021, the wife of first informant has left her matrimonial home saying that she was going to her parental home but later on first informant came to know that she has been kidnapped by applicant, co-accused Bachchoo Singh, Mahipal and Sharmila Devi. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that there is a delay of about one month in lodging the FIR, which has not been explained. As per prosecution version, victim has been recovered from the house of co-