PRADEEP PAL @ PRADEEP KUMAR PAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO
BAIL/8326/2025 · 2025-11-07
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8326 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA for the State. Whereas, no one has put in appearance on behalf of the complainant despite notice.Rejoinder affidavit is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime/FIR No.83/2025, under Sections 333, 64(1), 115(2), 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Police Station - Mitauli, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that in terms of the FIR it was alleged that In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that on 15.03.2025, the applicant entered the home of the informant, misbehaved with her, and touched her inappropriately. FIR was lodged on 20.03.2025. Subsequently, in her statement under Section 180 BNSS, the victim alleged the commission of rape also. The victim is around 35 years old. Medical legal examination of the victim dated 03.07.2025 shows the presence of contusion injuries on the body. The allegations of rape are not corroborated. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the age of the victim and the huge variance in the statement of FIR and the statement under Section 180 BNSS with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 24.07.2025 and has no criminal antecedent, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mahi Pal Singh, Vikas Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pradeep Pal @ Pradeep Kumar Pal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko .....Opposite Party(s)
6. Let the applicant- Pradeep Pal @ Pradeep Kumar Pal be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.
20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 7, 2025 Mohit Singh/- BAIL No. 8326 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench