HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3847 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 applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.59 of 2025, under Section 137(2), 65(1) BNS, Section 5(L)/6 of POCSO Act & Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, P.S. Kotwali Bhinga, District Shravasti. 3. In terms of the FIR lodged on 08.02.2025 it was alleged that on 28.01.2025 daughter of the informant was taken from her home to a Jungle and wrong was also committed on her. It was stated that she was left on 31.01.2025. In the statement under Section 183 BNSS, the victim stated that she was kept in a Jungle overnight and thereafter, she was kept at a bus station and in the home of one of the relatives of the accused. Medical on record does not corroborate the allegation. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the delay in lodging the FIR and the tentative age of the victim which is around 15 years, the applicant who is in custody since 10.02.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Shakeel @ Sageer be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sudhaker Prakash, Lalla Ji Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shakeel @ Sageer .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) each to the satisfaction of 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 6, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 3847 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench