HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12460 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. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.247 of 2025, under Sections 64(2)(m) of BNS, Police Station Tikuniya, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that on 10.09.2024, on the false pretext of getting a house allotted, took her to a place and thereafter wrong was committed and video was also made and thereafter physical relations were formed on various occasions. The FIR was lodged on 21.10.2025 after substantial delay. The tentative age of the victim is around 45 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the huge delay in lodging the FIR without any explanation and the fact that the applicant, who is aged about 25 years, has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 22.10.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Illiyas be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dharm Trivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Illiyas .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 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 11, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12460 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench