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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 30216 of 2025 Court No. - 65 (Sl. No. 130 out of 262) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised. As informed by learned AGA, notice to the informant has been served on 20.08.2026 but none is present on behalf of the informant.
2. Heard Sri Anwar Hussain, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 73 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(1) of BNS, Sections 3/4 of POCSO Act and Section 3(2)(V) of SC/ST Act, Police Station - Hazratnagar Garhi, District - Sambhal, during the pendency of trial.
4. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the record, this Court finds that the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS prima facie indicates that she was slightly below the age of majority and had accompanied the applicant and stayed with him at a hotel in Delhi. Furthermore, there is no medical evidence on record to corroborate the alleged incident.
5. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anwar Hussain Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Nitesh Kumar Pandey, Puneet Kumar Shukla Farman .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
6. Let the applicant- Farman, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required.
7. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. April 2, 2026 Siddhant BAIL No. 30216 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad