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2025 DAILYLAW 181318 (ALL)

ROHIT v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. LKO. AND 5 OTHERS

/11985/2025 · 2025-12-02

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11985 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.114 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(1) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Ramkot, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 15 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 180 of BNSS, the victim stated that she had gone along with the applicant on the pretext of marriage. She also admitted that she had gone along with the applicant to the Sitapur bus stand and from where, she was taken to Lucknow and thereafter to Surat. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the two statements of the victim and the fact that the victim travelled along with the applicant to Sitapur, Lucknow and then Surat and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 25.06.2025, 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) : Furkan Pathan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rohit .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Lko. And 5 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Rohit 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. December 2, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 11985 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench