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2025 DAILYLAW 167872 (ALL)

MUHAMMAD CHAND v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.

BAIL/9485/2025 · 2025-10-07

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9485 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material available on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in F.I.R./Case Crime No. 246 of 2025, under Sections 69, 352, 351(3) of B.N.S., 2023, Police Station Baskhari, District Ambedkar Nagar. 3. The F.I.R. in question was lodged alleging that, the applicant was maintaining physical relations on the false pretext of marriage for the last one year and also used to threaten, the statement under Section 180 BNSS also recorded that the victim was aged about 19 years and the last one year physical relations were being formed on the false pretext of marriage. Apart from the statement, there is no material in the form of any statements with regard to, the allegation of false pretext of marriage. 4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the nature of the evidence, the age of the victim, a case for bail is made out particularly when the applicant is in custody since 19.08.2025 without any criminal antecedents. Thus, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant- Muhammad Chand be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs. 20,000/- each to the satisfaction of 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Saurabh Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Muhammad Chand .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 Praveen BAIL No. 9485 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRAVEEN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench