HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8464 of 2024 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.258 of 2024, under Sections 376, 506 IPC and Section 5j(ii)/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Mohammadi, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. In terms of the earlier order of this Court, the statement of the victim has been recorded. 4. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled against one Ramu stating that he had called the daughter of the informant for cooking food and thereafter, the physical relations were formed, because of which, the daughter of the complainant became pregnant. The applicant was not named in the FIR. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 164 of Cr.P.C. and before the trial court, the victim stated that the physical relations were formed by the accused not named in the FIR, who has been falsely implicated at the instance of the victim.The victim was found pregnant and had deliver a child, whose paternity matches with the applicant. In terms of the statement of the victim, the child died after birth. The tentative age of the victim is around sixteen and a half years. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abhishek Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mannu @ Bhannu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Considering the submission of the Counsel for the applicant that the FIR in question was lodged after the victim is carrying pregnancy of seven months; there is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim at this stage and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 24.05.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Mannu @ Bhannu 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. December 2, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 8464 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench