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2025 DAILYLAW 185978 (ALL)

PANKAJ PAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO.

BAIL/10867/2025 · 2025-11-15

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10867 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 applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.316 of 2025 under sections 69, 351(2) BNS and Section 66C and 67 Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, Police Station Inayat Nagar, District Ayodhya. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the applicant had made some fake ID of the informant and inappropriate photos were made viral, and subsequently, he stated that he would not permit her to marry elsewhere and now he was refusing to contact also. In her statement under Section 180 BNSS, the victim stated that for the last 4-5 years, she knew the applicant and they were stayed as husband and wife, subsequently, he refused to contact. In her statement under Section 183 BNSS, it was alleged that on the false pretext of marriage, physical relations were formed on various occasions with the victim. The age of the victim is around 14 years. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances including the fact that the physical relations were found on various occasions, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Chandan Srivastava, Lavkush Yadav, Rajneesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pankaj Pal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 06.10.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Pankaj Pal 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 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 15, 2025 Raj BAIL No. 10867 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJ NIGAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench