HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6927 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.132 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(1) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station PGI, District Lucknow. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of theinformant was enticed by the applicant. The age of the victim was disclosed as 16 years and 8 months. Subsequently, the statement under Sections 180 and 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone out of her own freewill. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that there is no definite documents to form an opinion with regard to the exact age of the victim and the certificate on record indicates her age at around 17 years coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 22.03.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Dheeraj Modi be released on bail in the abovesaid Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Digvijay Singh Yadav, Jaskaran Lal Maurya, Rajat Singh, Shikha Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Azmi Yousuf Dheeraj Modi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant 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. October 7, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 6927 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench