HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7544 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 115/2025, under Sections 64 BNS & 3/4 POCSO Act, Police Station - Kotwali Nagar, District - Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that the informant, aged about 16 years, had left her home and come to Sitapur from Kanpur and she met a rickshaw puller/applicant on the way and who offered her tip. Subsequently, she was taken to a lonely place and wrong was committed to her. A similar statement was given under Section 180 BNSS. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 183 BNSS, she stated that the same rickshaw puller dropped to the station were he was apprehended by the police. Medical record does not corroborate the allegation. there is no document to form opinion about age of the victim which is around 16 years. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the huge variance in the statement and medical opinion not corroborating the allegations coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 10.05.2025 and has no criminal antecedent, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lalji Prasad Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Bhupendra Pandey .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant - Bhupendra Pandey 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. November 6, 2025 Mohit Singh/- BAIL No. 7544 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench