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2025 DAILYLAW 175650 (ALL)

HARIKESH MAURYA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/10355/2025 · 2025-10-30

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10355 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 accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.82 of 2025 under sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) BNS, 5/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Dostapur, District Sultanpur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 15 years was enticed by some unknown person. In the statement under section 180 BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she was in love with the applicant. The tentative age of the victim is around 19 years as per her statement. The applicant has the criminal history of one case, in which he is on bail. 4. Considering the said statement, the applicant who is in custody since 27.05.2025 is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Harikesh Maurya 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 to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sarjoo Ram, Aklavya, Chandan Prasad, Mamta Rawat, Mohan Lal Maurya, Ravi Kant Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Harikesh Maurya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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. October 30, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 10355 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench