HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1408 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. No one appears for the informant despite notice. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.93 of 2024 under sections 376(2)(n), 504, 506 IPC and section 5-J(ii) and 6 POCSO Act, P.S. Sujauli, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was enticed by the applicant and on the false pretext of marriage, physical relations were formed and she had become pregnant. 4. In the light of the said allegations, the counsel for the applicant argues that the victim has refused to give DNA sample of the child, as is evident from the case diary, annexed with the paper book. It is further argued that the tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 5. Considering the fact that the relationship continued over a substantially long period of time and the tentative age of the victim being around 17 years and there being no document with regard to exact age of the victim on record to categorically form an opinion with regard to the exact date of birth coupled with the fact that the victim has refused to give DNA sample of the child, the applicant who is in custody since 15.06.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ripu Daman Shahi, S.P. Singh Somvanshi, Sanjay Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ranjeet @ Ranjeet Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Let the applicant Ranjeet @ Ranjeet 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: (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 30, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 1408 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench