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2025 DAILYLAW 178337 (ALL)

SHRAWAN KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

BAIL/10658/2025 · 2025-11-12

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10658 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.202 of 2025, under Sections 376 IPC and Section 67 of IT Act, Police Station Alapur, District Ambedkar Nagar. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that around 5 years ago, the applicant on the false pretext of marriage has administered some medicine and thereafter physical relation was formed and some videos were also made. Thereafter the marriage of the victim was broken because of the said video. In the statement under Section 180 of BNS, the victim stated that she lived with her husband in Lucknow and the applicant came and physical relation was formed and blackmailed her on the pretext of said videos. The tentative age of the victim is around 26 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the delay in lodging the FIR and there being no explanation and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 07.09.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Harshita Gupta, Meva Lal Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shrawan Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Shrawan Kumar 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. November 12, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10658 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench