HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11723 of 2023 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.230 of 2020, under Sections 363, 366, 342, 506, 376, 120-B of IPC; Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Section 3(1)(da), 3(1)(dha), 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Patti, District Pratapgarh. 3. This is the second bail application. The first bail application was rejected vide order dated 02.05.2023. While arguing the second bail application, it is argued that in terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant. In the statement under Section 161 of Cr.P.C., the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone out of her own freewill and had married to the applicant also. The report of the trial court indicates that as many as five witnesses have been examined and the trial is at the stage of 313 of Cr.P.C. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the report of the trail court and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 04.08.2022, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Kumar Singh, Km. Deepa, Manjari Singh, Manoj Kumar Shukla, Vikrant Prakash Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ranjeet Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ranjeet Gupta be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number 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 3, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 11723 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench