HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4167 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State, Shri Manoj Kumar Verma, who has filed vakalatnama on behalf of the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 228 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(2)(M) BNS and 5(L)/6 Protection of Childrens from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. 2012, PS Kandhai, District Pratapgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently in her statement under Section 180 and 183 BNSS the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone on applicant calling her. It is also stated that she has gone various places with the applicant. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned AGA and learned counsel for the informant have opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the statement of the victim and the statement made before the authorities wherein she stated that she used to go on her own free will, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dinesh Kumar Ojha, Dilip Kumar Verma, Manoj Kumar Verma, Sandeep Kumar Ojha Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Neeraj Verma @ Neeraj Patel .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) who is in jail since 13.02.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Neeraj Verma @ Neeraj Patel 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: (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 29, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 4167 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench