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PAPPU @ SURENDRA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/7166/2025 · 2025-11-06

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7166 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and Shri Sandeep Kumar Singh, learned counsel for complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 311/2018, under Sections 363, 366, 376 of the Indian Penal Code & 3/4 and 16/17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Police Station - Inayatnagar, District - Ayodhya. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that co-accused was enlarged on bail vide order dated 05.07.2019.. The applicant, due to poverty, couldn't apply for bail earlier and has been in custody since 07.09.2018. The applicant has no criminal history and is fighting the case in the trial court with the help of Legal Services Authority. 4. Learned AGA and Shri Sandeep Kumar Singh, learned counsel for complainant have opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the pre-trial detention of over 7 years of the applicant having no criminal history, the applicant is enlarged on bail subject to furnishing bail bond only in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Indra Pratap Singh, Anant Kumar Rai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Sandeep Kumar Singh, Sandip Kumar Pappu @ Surendra .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....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. 6. In view thereof, the application is allowed. November 6, 2025 Mohit Singh/- BAIL No. 7166 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench