HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12064 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State, Shri Sandeep Singh, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 320 of 2025, under sections 137(2), 351(3), 65(1) BNS. Section 3/4(2) POCSO Act, P.S. Payagpur, District Bahraich. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that daughter of informant aged about 13 years was missing and was enticed by some unknown persons. In her statement under Section 180 BNSS the victim stated that she knew the applicant and had gone with the applicant to Gonda and thereafter to Delhi and when the applicant was bringing her back the police apprehended them. Somewhat similar statement was given under Section 183 BNSS. There is no definite document with regard to exact age of the victim and the same would be seen at the time of trial. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the two statements where the victim had gone with the applicant to various places including Delhi, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dharmendra Kumar Bhatt Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Karan Kumar Gautam .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 22.9.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Karan Kumar Gautam be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- 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. December 9, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 12064 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench