HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7831 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.124 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 65(1), 351(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Saadat Ganj, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 14 years was enticed by some unknown person. Subsequently, in her statement under Section 180 of BNSS, the victim stated that she met the applicant through Instagram and on 22.05.2025, she left her home without informing anyone and went to a public place where she met the applicant. It was also alleged that the applicant took her at her maternal home and formed physical relation against her consent. In the statement under Section 183 of BNSS similar statement was given. The medical on record does not corroborate the allegation and even the hymen was found to be intact. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the medical report on record not corroborating the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Satendra Kumar (Singh), Abhishek Misra, Shivam Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Abhishek Srivastava Umang Sonkar @ Harsh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) allegations and the fact that the victim had gone out of her own freewill and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 27.05.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed . 6. Let the applicant Umang Sonkar @ Harsh be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the 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 20, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 7831 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench