SIFAU @ SAYYED RAZA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
BAIL/9007/2025 · 2025-12-03
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9007 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
Order on I.A. No.1 of 2025 (Correction/ Amendment Application)
1. This is an application for amendment/ correction in the memo of bail application.
2. The application is allowed.
3. The Counsel for the applicant is permitted to carry out necessary amendment in the memo of bail application.
Order on Main Application
4. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant.
5. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.229 of 2025, under Sections 64(2)(M), 331(4), 131 of BNS and Sections 5L/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Colonelganj, District Gonda.
6. In terms of the FIR, the allegations were levelled that the applicant had formed physical relations with the daughter of the informant aged about 13 years against her consent. Subsequently, in terms of the supplementary affidavit, the statement of the victim was recorded wherein she disclosed her age 19 years and did not support the prosecution. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Usman Ghani Khan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sifaq @ Sayyed Raza .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
7. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer.
8. In view of the victim not supporting the prosecution and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 29.06.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
9. Let the applicant Sifaq @ Sayyed Raza be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report 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. December 3, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9007 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench