HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11861 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today in Court is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.396 of 2025, under Section 126, 127(1), 352, 351(3), 123, 70(1) BNS & Section 67 of IT Act, P.S. Pali, District Hardoi. 4. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that on 12.01.2025 the applicant had taken the victim after administering some intoxicant alongwith his four friends in a car and thereafter, some inappropriate photos were taken and thereafter, the informant was being harassed by the applicant. Subsequently, it was stated that on 03.09.2025, the applicant had misbehaved and once again, the applicant had misbehaved with her on 29.08.2025 and also threats were being issued. 4. In the light of the said, learned counsel for the applicant states that with regard to the informant going alongwith the applicant on 12.01.2025 to Nainital, wife of the applicant had lodged FIR No.0021 of 2025 wherein it was stated that the applicant was spending money on the informant and her husband and the allegations were also levelled against the informant of the present FIR. Age of the victim is around 33 years. Victim is also married. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Siddhartha Sinha, Ram Chandra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Manjesh Kumar Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the fact that the FIR was lodged on 09.09.2025 after a delay of about eight months without there being any valid explanation, the applicant who is in custody since 10.10.2025 and has criminal antecedents of two minor offences, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Manjesh Kumar Gupta 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. November 28, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11861 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench