HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10530 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 0144 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64, B.N.S. and Section 3/4, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 P.S. Kunda, District Pratapgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant, however, subsequently in her statement recorded under Section 180, B.N.S.S. the victim did not support the prosecution case and stated that she had gone out of her own freewill to Ludhiyana and there married with the applicant. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the said statement of the victim and the fact that the applicant who has been in custody since 11/07/2025 and has no criminal history, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ankit Kumar Yadav alias Golu Yadav 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lalji Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankit Kumar Yadav @ Golu Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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 A.Nigam BAIL No. 10530 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ NIGAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench