HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12820 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. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.170 of 2025, under Sections 70(1), 87, 352, 351(3), 308 (5) of BNS, Police Station Jethwara, District Pratapgarh. 3. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that the daughter of the informant had gone out of home on 21.06.2025 where she met her friend and her brother and thereafter all of three had gone to the bridge of Loni River, where 7-8 persons had come and beaten them and subsequently, the daughter of the informant was taken to an isolated place and wrong was committed and video was also made. It was also alleged that threats were also extended for making the video viral. This fact was informed by the daughter on 28.07.2025. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 180 of BNSS, the victim disclosed her age as 18 years and stated that when she along with her two friends roaming to a bridge, 7-8 persons came and started beating her friend and the brother of her friend and some videos were made and subsequently, she was taken to a separate place and wrong was committed and video was also made. Somewhat similar statement was given under Section 183 of BNSS. The age of the victim is 18 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashish Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Aateef Husain @ Aatif Husain Ansari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Considering the fact that there is a substantial delay in lodging the FIR without any explanation and the fact that there is no recovery of any video, which is the foundation of the FIR even as per the learned A.G.A. coupled with the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 31.07.2025 and has criminal antecedents of one case, in which he is on bail, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Aateef Husain @ Aatif Husain Ansari be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number 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 18, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12820 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench