Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:16104 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2267 of 2025 Applicant :- Ritik Rawat Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- D.P. Dutt Tiwari,Bal Ram Jakhar,Vineet Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Shri D.P. Dutt Tiwari, the learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Abhishek Kumar Singh, learned State Counsel, Shri Azam Shafique, the learned counsel for the informant and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.334 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64, 351(2) of B.N.S. & 3/4 of P.O.C.S.O. Act registered at Police Station- Dubagga, District- Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 07.10.2024 alleging that the applicant had enticed away the informant's daughter aged about 16 years. In the statement of the victim recorded under Section 180 B.N.S.S., she stated that she knows the applicant for the past three years, both of them love each other and she had gone with the applicant and had married him. In the medico-legal examination report, no mark of injury or sign of use of force has been found and the hymen is reported to be intact. In the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S., she stated that she used to talk to the applicant for the past two years. She alleged that the applicant had blackmailed her to marry him with the strength of some photos and videos. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is a young innocent man of 20 years having no criminal history. 5. The informant has filed a counter affidavit opposing the bail application. 6. The learned State Counsel as well as the learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the bail application. Learned State Counsel has submitted that no offending photo or video has come to light during investigation. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that in her initial statement, the victim has stated that she was in love with the applicant for the past three years and she has married him; that in the medico-legal examination report no sign of use of force has been found and the hymen was found to be intact; in the subsequent statement recorded before the Magistrate, the victim alleged that the applicant had blackmailed her to marry him on the strength of some photos and videos but during investigation, no such photo or video has come to light; that the applicant is a young man having no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 09.10.2024, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail in the aforesaid crime. 8. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Ritik Rawat be released on bail in the aforementioned case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:- (i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court. . [Subhash Vidyarthi, J.] Order Date :- 20.3.2025 -Amit K- Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench