HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10693 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Sri Atul Kumar Pathak, 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. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.288 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 64, 87 of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station F-84, District Unnao. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement the victim did not support the prosecution case and stated that she was in love with the applicant. The tentative age of the victim is around 16 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statement of the victim and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 25.08.2025, 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 Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Prajapati be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report on his furnishing personal bonds Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Kumar Pathak, Chandan Tiwari, Shivam Singh, Uday Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Prajapati .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. November 10, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10693 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