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2025 DAILYLAW 186377 (ALL)

RANJEET VERMA AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HOME AFFAIRS LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/11934/2025 · 2025-12-09

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11934 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicants seek enlargement on bail in FIR No.76 of 2019, under Section 363, 366 IPC & Section 7/8 of POCSO Act, P.S. Kohdaur, District Pratapgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicants argues that co-accused with the same allegation was enlarged on bail on 29.11.2019 and as the applicants had gone out of the station for earning livelihood, he has been arrested on 15.07.2025. It is further stated that the victim has turned hostile and has not supported the prosecution story. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the aforesaid, the applicants who are in custody since 15.07.2025 and have no criminal antecedents are entitled to be enlarged on bail on the ground of parity as well as the victim turning hostile. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicants Ranjeet Verma and Surjeet Verma 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Umesh Chandra, Desh Raj Chaurasiya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ranjeet Verma And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Affairs Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (a) The applicants shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicants shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which they are accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicants 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. December 9, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11934 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench