HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2038 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. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.184 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) of BNS and Section 4(2) of POCSO Act, Police Station Hariyawan, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the daughter of the informant aged about 15 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she was in love with the applicant and had gone out of her own freewill. She disclosed her age as 18 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the two statement of the victim and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 04.10.2024, 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) : Vivek Kumar Divedi, Aakanksha Shah, Anil Kumar Akela, Kiran Rawat, Manish Kumar Yadav, Pushpendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Raju .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Raju 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. November 6, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 2038 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench