HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11154 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to carry out necessary correction in memo of bail application during the course of the day. 3. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State as well as Mr. Premkant & Mr. Rahul Kumar, learned counsel for the informant whose joint vakalatnama filed today is taken on record. 4. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.376 of 2025, under Sections 65(1), 308(2), 351(2), 115(2), 137(2) BNS and Section 5L/6 of POCSO Act and Section 3(2)(V) of SC/ST Act, P.S. Chinhat, District- Lucknow. 5. In terms of the FIR, it has been alleged that the daughter of informant, aged about 14 years, met the applicant through Instagram, and thereafter, she was enticed away by the applicant and physical relations were formed against her consent. Subsequently, in the statement of victim recorded under Section 180 BNSS, the victim admitted that both of them were friends and stayed together for fifteen days. In her statement recorded under Section 183 BNSS, the victim admitted that she ran along with the applicant and stayed with him in an hotel, she has not supported the prosecution version. 6. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 7. Considering the fact that the statements of victim do not corroborate with the prosecution story coupled with the fact that the applicant is in jail since 24.07.2025 having no criminal history, he is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant Mohammad Armaan Ansari be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Kaushal Kishore Tewari, Shakti Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohammad Armaan Ansari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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 she 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. . (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) November 17, 2025 V. Sinha BAIL No. 11154 of 2025 2 Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench