HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4504 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.314 of 2023, under Sections 363,366, 376 IPC and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Kheri, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant had gone to Lucknow and was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in her statement under Section 161 of Cr.P.C., the victim stated that she was called on railway station by the applicant and both of them had gone to Haiderabad where they stayed for 2-3 days. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that the victim had gone to Haiderabad with the applicant and stayed there for 2-3 days; the medical report not corroborating the allegations and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 26.07.2023, 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) : Surendra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Iqbal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Iqbal 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 13, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 4504 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench