Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:57436 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5019 of 2025 Applicant :- Satendra Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Dharmendra Kumar Rajput Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Siddharth Singh Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Ram Kumar Pal, Advocate holding brief of Sri Dharmendra Kumar Rajput, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Siddharth Singh, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Jai Kishan Chaurasia, learned State Law Officer and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 493 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 74, 65(1) of BNS and Sections 7/8 & 4(2) of POCSO Act, Police Station - Debai, District - Bulandshahr, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to have outraged the modesty of the informant's minor daughter, aged about 15 years, after enticing her away on 09.09.2024 at about 05:00 PM. The victim has returned the same day to her house. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. The FIR is delayed by about 12 days and there is no explanation of the said delay caused. The FIR mentions the offence of outraging the modesty only but subsequently at the stage of recording of the statement of the victim u/s 180 & 183 BNSS, the allegations have been escalated to that of rape and that too after legal consultations. 6. Learned counsel has also stated that the victim by her looks seems to be major. There is no medical corroboration of the incident. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 22.09.2024 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 7. Per contra, learned State Law Officer and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant and also the fact that the applicant has no criminal history. 8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, and taking into consideration the settled law of the Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors., 2022 INSC 690 and Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Satendra, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 11. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. Order Date:- 18.4.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad