HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8413 of 2024 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.467 of 2021, under Sections 363, 366, 376 A-B IPC and Section 5M/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Kakori, District Lucknow. 3. This is the second bail application. The first bail application was rejected vide order dated 03.05.2024 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.9847 of 2022 and while doing so, the Court has observed that the trial was at the final stage as was evident from the report sent by the trial court and directions were issued for conclusion of the trial for a period of one month i.e. 07.06.2024. 4. The Counsel for the applicant argues that despite direction, the trial has not yet been concluded. The report indicates that all the witnesses have been examined. The applicant is in custody since 03.09.2021. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the pretrial detention suffered by the applicant and the fact that all the fact witness have been examined; the applicant has no criminal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Laxmi Shanker Goswami, Dinesh Kumar Dixit, Vinay Mishra, Vineet Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Hemant Kumar Pandey, Rajnish Ojha Arjun .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Civil Sectt. Lko And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) antecedents and is in custody since 03.09.2021, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Arjun be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of the like amount 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. October 29, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 8413 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench