HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7026 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.510 of 2018, under Sections 376, 452, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Kotwali Nanpara, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR lodged on 05.10.2018, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was threatened by the applicant. Subsequently, a final report was filed, however, a protest petition has been filed, based upon which, the applicant was summoned and was arrested. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that the FIR was lodged on 05.10.2018 in respect of an incident which was alleged to have taken place on 19.08.2018 and there is no explanation of the delay and the material collected against the applicant is prima facie weak and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 03.07.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashutosh Bajpai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ankit Singh, Pratibha Maurya, Sumit Chauhan Meenu @ Abdul Rauf .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Meenu @ Abdul Rauf be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the 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 28, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 7026 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench