Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:49210 Court No. - 11 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1741 of 2025 Appellant :- Shalu @ Gaurav Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Ajay Veer Singh,Anjali Singh,Sharik Ahmad Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. 1. As per office report dated 23.07.2025, the service upon the opposite party No.2 is sufficient. However, when the case is taken up none appeared to oppose the bail on behalf of the opposite party No.2. 2. Heard Ms. Anjali Singh, learned counsel for the appellant, Shri Ajay Kumar Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. The present appeal has been filed under Section 14-A (2) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the impugned order dated 23.04.2025, passed by Special Judge, S.C./S.T. Act, Gonda in Bail Application No.718 of 2025, arising out of FIR/Case Crime No. 338 of 2024, under Sections 87, 351(3), 69 of BNS and Section 3(2) V of SC/ST Act, Police Station - Khodare, District - Gonda. 4. While pressing the present appeal, learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the informant/victim has levelleved allegations in the FIR against the appellant to the effect that on the pretext of false promise of marriage the appellant established physical relations with her, thus, if the case of prosecution is taken on its face value then in that eventuality, possibility of conviction of appellant is bleak in view of law settled by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the judgment(s) rendered in the case of Deepak Gulati vs. State of Haryana, (2013) 7 SCC 675; Sonu @ Subhash Kumar vs. State of U.P. and Another, (2021) 7 SCC; Mandar Deepak Pawar vs. State of Maharashtra and Another, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 2110 and Amol Bhagwan Nehul vs. State of Maharashtra and another, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1230. 5. It is further submitted that appellant, having no criminal history, is languishing in jail since 17.03.2025. In these circumstances, the present appeal is liable to be allowed and the impugned order may be set aside and the appellant be enlarged on bail. 6. Learned A.G.A. for the State opposed the prayer for bail, however, he could not dispute the aforesaid contentions of counsel for the appellant. 7. Considered the submissions advanced by the counsel for the appellant, learned A.G.A. for the State and all the relevant documents placed on record. 8. Upon due consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of counsel for the appellant and learned A.G.A., F.I.R., impugned order, as also the observations made by Hon'ble Apex Court in the judgments, referred above, including that the appellant is in jail since 17.03.2025 and chances of conviction of the appellant in the instant case, this Court finds that the present appeal is liable to be allowed. Accordingly, the appeal is allowed. 9. Order dated 23.04.2025, passed by Special Judge, S.C./S.T. Act, Gonda in Bail Application No.718 of 2025, arising out of FIR/Case Crime No.0338 of 2024, under Sections 87, 351(3), 69 of BNS and Section 3(2) V of SC/ST Act, Police Station - Khodare, District - Gonda is hereby set aside. 10. Let the appellant - Shalu @ Gaurav Pandey be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on his furnishing personal bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) and two reliable sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to following additional conditions :- (i) The appellant shall cooperate with the prosecution during trial. (ii) The appellant shall not tamper with the evidence during trial. (iii) The appellant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witness(s). (iv) The appellant shall not commit an offence. (v) The appellant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (vi) The appellant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through counsel. (vii) The appellant shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in court. (viii) The appellant shall remain present, in person, before the trial court on the dates fixed for recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. 11. In case of default of above conditions, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law 12. As this order relates to enlargement of the appellant on bail, it is clarified that observation(s) made in this order shall have no bearing on the merits of the case and the trial court shall not be influenced by any observation(s) made in this order. Order Date :- 21.8.2025 ML/- Digitally signed by :- MUNNA LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench