HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12477 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.340 of 2025 under sections 87, 137(2), 352, 351(3), 70(2) BNS and section 5g/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Masauli, District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that the daughter of the informant aged about 12 years was enticed by the applicant and she was kept for eight days. In the statement under section 183 BNSS, the victim disclosed her age as 15 years. It was stated that the applicant is her boyfriend and both of them had stayed together. Subsequently, the informant has filed an affidavit stating that the FIR version was incorrect and nothing wrong was done to her. The medical on record does not corroborate the allegations. 4. Considering the subsequent development and the statement under section 183 BNSS and there being nothing on record to form a view with regard to the exact age of the victim at this stage, the applicant who is in custody since 01.11.2025 and has no criminal history is entitle to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Rishu be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Farooq Ayoob, Km. Pooja Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rishu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 11, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 12477 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- PANKAJ BHATIA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench