HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10784 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.245 of 2024 under sections 137(2), 87, 64(1) BNS and section 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S. Kunda, District Pratapgarh. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the niece of the informant went missing and was enticed by some unknown person. Subsequently, in the two statements under section 180 and 183, the victim did not support the prosecution. The tentative age of the victim is around 18 years, however, there is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. 4. Considering the two statements, the applicant who is in custody since 21.06.2025 is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Ashish Saroj be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sarjoo Ram, Aklavya, Mohan Lal Maurya, Prashant Shekhar, Vivek Kumar Rawat Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ashish Saroj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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 13, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 10784 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench