PANKAJ PAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6681 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.339 of 2024, under Sections 65(1), 351(3) of BNS; Section 3/4 of POCSO Act and Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Asiwan, District Unnao. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 14 years was taken by the applicant and wrong was committed. In the statement, the victim stated that the applicant came inside the home and committed wrong. The tentative age of the victim is around 15 years. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. The FIR was lodged on 14.11.2024 and the incident was alleged to have taken place on 09.11.2024. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the delay in lodging the FIR; the medical report not corroborating the allegations and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 15.11.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : D.P. Dutt Tiwari, Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Ramesh Chandra Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pankaj Pal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
the bail application is allowed. 6.
Let the applicant Pankaj Pal 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 28, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 6681 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench