HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8819 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA for the State. Counter affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 0276/2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 & Section 5/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Police Station - Kadipur, District - Sultanpur. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that in terms of the FIR it was alleged that the daughter of the informant , aged about 14 years, was enticed away by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 183 BNSS, the victim stated that both of them are married. There is no document with regard to exact age of the victim. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering statement of the victim coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 03.07.2025 and has no criminal antecedent, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant- Suraj Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs. 20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Suresh Chandra Srivastava, Savita Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Suraj Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) (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 6, 2025 Mohit Singh/- BAIL No. 8819 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench