HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2488 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.0463 of 2024 under section 70(1) BNS, 67 IT Act, P.S. Maharajganj, District Rae Bareli. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that an inappropriate video of the sister of the informant was posted on the internet and was being used to blackmail her. It was also stated that one of the co-accused was refusing to marry her. In the statement under section 183 BNSS, the victim stated that the co- accused had committed wrong on her and thereafter the applicant committed wrong on her and the applicant had also made a video. The said incident was happened around six to seven months ago. The tentative age of the victim is around eighteen years. 4. Considering the substantial delay in lodging the FIR and there being no material to corroborate the allegation and there being no recovery of video, the applicant who is in custody since 22.01.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Vinod Kumar 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shivangi Kapoor, Dhananjay Singh, Pravin Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Vinod Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 VNP/- BAIL No. 2488 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench