MAHENDRA VERMA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME AND ANOTHER
BAIL/10348/2025 · 2025-10-30
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10348 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.496 of 2025 under sections 69, 89, 351(2), 352 BNS, P.S. Madiyaon, District Lucknow.
3. In terms of the FIR lodged through an application under section 173(4), it was alleged that the applicant and the victim became close to each other. Subsequently, on the false pretext of marriage, physical relations were formed because of which she became pregnant. The statement under section 183 BNSS also records that both of them were known to each other since the year 2024. The age of the victim is around 24 years.
4. Considering the age of the victim and the fact that the relationship continued over a span of more than one year, the applicant who is in custody since 06.09.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed.
5. Let the applicant Mahendra Verma 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 to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prince Singh, Pawan Kumar Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mahendra Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
(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. October 30, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 10348 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench