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2025 DAILYLAW 184815 (ALL)

ARVIND KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/5659/2025 · 2025-11-03

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5659 of 2025 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. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.65 of 2025, under Sections 64(1), 351(3) of BNS and Sections 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Baundi, District Bahraich. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant aged about 17 years had gone to her maternal grandparents' home and subsequently, she was enticed by the applicant and wrong was committed. In the statement under Section 183 of BNSS, the victim admitted that she had gone on her own and was in love with the applicant and her parents wants to marry her elsewhere. did not support the prosecution case. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the two statement of the victim and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 25.04.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dheeraj Awasthi, Manoj Kumar Singh, Shailendra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Arvind Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Arvind Kumar be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report 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. 5659 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench