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2025 DAILYLAW 129148 (ALL)

MUNNA LAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/2369/2025 · 2025-03-20

Subhash Vidyarthi

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:16335 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2369 of 2025 Applicant :- Munna Lal Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Narendra Pratap Mishra,Anand Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Narendra Pratap Singh, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Mohd. Asif Khan, the learned AGA-I for the State. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 11/2024, under Sections 376 IPC & 5/6 POCSO Act, Police Station Ramganj, District Amethi. 3.The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 12.03.2024 alleging that one Jawahar Lal Gupta had enticed away the informant's daughter aged 19 years. 4. In the statement of the victim recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C., she stated that she loves Harish Bhai Chaudhary. Her father used to forcibly make physical relations with her due to which reason she had decided to leave her home. Her elder sister had also left home because of the evil intention of her father and she has married as per her own will. On 11.03.2024, she had gone to Gujarat and she had married Harish Bhai Chaudhary in a temple on 12.03.2024. 5. In the statement recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. also, she gave a similar statement. The victim did not level any allegation against any person and she did not even mention the applicant's name. 6. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 7. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, 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-Munna Lal 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 Pradeep/- Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench