HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1683 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Saurabh Verma, learned counsel for the complainant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.498 of 2024, under Section 70(2), 137(2), 87 BNS & Section 5/6 of POCSO Act, P.S. Kheri, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was enticed on false pretext of marriage and was beaten. Subsequently, she could somehow escape. In the statement under Section 180 BNSS, the victim stated that on 27.04.2024, the applicant took her against her consent and thereafter, married at temple and thereafter, started beating her. Tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the substantial delay in lodging the FIR as well as the statement that marriage has already been solemnized, the applicant who is in custody since 15.12.2024 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Suraj be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abhishek Srivastava, Amit Kumar Awasthi, Rahul Agnihotri Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ajeet Kumar Singh, Saurabh Verma Suraj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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 7, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 1683 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench