HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 143 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant; learned AGA for the State and perused the records. None has appeared for respondent no.2/complainant despite notice. 2. Present application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in FIR No.158 of 2024, under Section 333, 64, 351(2) BNS & Section 3/4, 7/8 of POCSO Act, Police Station Barasagwar, District Unnao. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was staying with her maternal uncle when the applicant came in the night at about 11 PM on 01.11.2024 and committed wrong on her and when she started shouting, he ran away. 4. In the light of the said allegation, learned counsel for the applicant argues that the FIR in question was lodged as a sequel to the civil suit which is pending in between the mother of the informant and the father of the applicant being Suit No.610 of 2023. Medical report on record alongwith the counter affidavit, does not corroborate the allegation. 5. Learned AGA opposes the bail application. 6. Considering the aforesaid, prima-facie, the FIR appears to be an outcome of the dispute inter se in between the parties. The applicant has no criminal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajendra Kumar, Mithila Bakhsh Tiwari, Sudhir Kumar Rai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Bhuvan Dwivedi, Soumya Shukla Santosh Kumar Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) antecedents. In view thereof, a case for anticipatory bail is made out. The present application for anticipatory bail is accordingly allowed. 7. In the event of arrest, let the applicant Santosh Kumar Yadav be released on anticipatory bail till filing of the charge sheet in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs.5,000/- to the satisfaction of Station House Officer concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required and will cooperate with the investigation; (b) The applicant shall not leave India without previous permission of the Court; (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 31, 2025 nishant NABAIL No. 143 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench