HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6013 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Counter affidavit filed on behalf of the opposite party no.2 is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and Sri Anoop Srivastava, learned Counsel for the opposite party no.2. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.223 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87, 115(2), 127(2), 64(2) of BNS and Section 5/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Jagatpur, District Raebareli. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant aged about 17 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 180 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution case and stated that she had gone on bike to Kanpur with the applicant and stayed there for three months. In the statement under Section 183 of BNS, the allegation of rape was levelled. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years and 8 months. 4. Learned A.G.A. and learned Counsel for the complainant vehemently opposed the bail prayer. The Counsel for the complainant states that the criminal antecedents have not been explained. 5. Considering the statement of the victim aged about 17 and a half years; the medical report not corroborating the allegations; the criminal antecedents as disclosed by the complainant does not relate to the present Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pravin Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Anoop Srivastava Vinay Pratap Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) case and the applicant is languishing in jail since 04.01.2025, 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 Vinay Pratap Yadav 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. October 30, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 6013 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench