HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11798 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Kaushlendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.143 of 2025, under Section 65(2), 351(3), 352 BNS & Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, P.S. Manikpur, District Pratapgarh. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that on 23.07.2025 at about 2:30 PM daughter of the informant aged about 15 years had gone out of home when the three accused named in the FIR caught hold of her and misbehaved with her and touched her inappropriately and when her cousin brother came, they ran away. In the statement under Section 180 BNSS, victim for the first time stated that the applicant had committed wrong on her. Similar statement was made under Section 183 BNSS. Before the medical authorities also, the victim did not allege any wrong being done. Medical on record does not indicate any injury. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the fact that no allegation of rape was levelled in the FIR and in the statement before the medical authorities and the statements under Section 180 & 183 BNSS corroborated by medial on record, the applicant who is in custody since 17.08.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lalji Yadav, Vishnu Prakash Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anoop Kumar Yadav @ Gyani .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Anoop Kumar Yadav @ Gyani 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 5, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11798 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench