HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1158 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. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.249 of 2024, under Sections 64(1), 115(2), 351(3) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Hasanganj, District Unnao. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the adopted daughter of the informant was missing and was enticed by some unknown person. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 183 of BNSS, the victim stated that she was taken by the applicant for the last two years and was staying with him as her mother had married elsewhere and the physical relations were formed. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that the victim stayed for a span of two years and the tentative age of the victim is around 20 years and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 11.11.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ram Naresh Singh Chauhan, Bhoopendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pradeep Dwivedi @ Raju .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Pradeep Dwivedi @ Raju be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report on his furnishing personal bonds and two 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. November 10, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 1158 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench