HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11003 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State, Ms Mamta Singh, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 88 of 2025, under sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) BNS, Sections 5J(ii)/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Mandhata, District Pratapgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that grand daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently in her statement under Section 180 BNSS the victim stated that she had gone alongwith the applicant to Noida and is married. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 to 18 years. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the statement of the victim not supporting prosecution story, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 6.7.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Shivam Saroj @ R. K. Saroj be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Srivastava, Avinash Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shivam Saroj @ R.K. Saroj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Civil Sectt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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 14, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 11003 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench