The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has held that an anticipatory bail application under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, is maintainable in a Gangsters Act case, even if the underlying FIR and charge sheet predate the BNSS, so long as the apprehension of arrest arises after its commencement on 1 July 2024. Justice
