HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7290 of 2024 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.177 of 2023 under sections 376(3), 506, 452 IPC, and section 3/4(2) POCSO Act, P.S. Pisawan, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR lodged through an application under section 156 (3) Cr.P.C., it was alleged that on 09/02/2023, when the sister-in-law of the informant had gone to the shop of the applicant, he had caught hold of her and wrong was committed. The victim refused to undergo a medical examination, as is evident from Annexure no.4. The tentative age of the victim, as disclosed in her statement, is around 15 years. However, there is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. 4. Considering the fact that the victim has refused to undergo medical examination, the applicant, who is in custody since 23/06/2023, and has no criminal history, is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Sonu 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Kumar Tripathi, Amrendra Singh Somvanshi, Mohd. Shahid Akhtar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sonu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko And 3 Others .....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 12, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 7290 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench