HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11419 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. Sri Om Prakash Verma appears for the informant. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.116 of 2025 under section 376(3) IPC and section 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S. Jethwara, District Pratapgarh. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that around three years ago, the informant was taken by the applicant and wrong was committed on her and false promise of marriage was also made. A similar statement was given under section 180 & 183 BNSS. The tentative age of the victim is around seventeen to eighteen years. 4. Considering the fact that the relationship continued over a long span of time, the applicant who is in custody since 30.05.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Shivakant Verma 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) : Neeraj Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shivakant Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. 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 24, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 11419 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench