HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9683 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA, Sri Gajendra Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.226 of 2025, under Sections 65(1), 64(2)m, 351 BNS & Section 5(L)/6 of POCSO Act, P.S. Kotwali Dehat, District Balrampur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant and wrong was committed on her. In two statements under Section 180 and 183 BNSS, the victim admitted that she used to talk to the applicant for the last 7-8 months and physical relations were formed on five to six different occasions. No exact date of the incident was narrated with regard to the 5-6 incidents mentioned. The last date of incident was disclosed as 05.06.2025 whereas the FIR in question was lodged on 23.06.2025. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. The medical on record does not corroborate the allegations. 4. Learned A.G.A. and learned counsel for the informant have strongly opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the statements of the victim and there being substantial delay in lodging the FIR coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 26.06.2025 and has no criminal antecedent, this Court is of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Iqbal Ahmad, Farhan Shaikh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Gajendra Kumar Mishra Qasim Khan .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Qasim Khan be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the 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 3, 2025 Renu/- BAIL No. 9683 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- RENU AGARWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench