KULDEEP KANOJIYA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
BAIL/12614/2025 · 2025-12-19
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12614 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 Sri Rudra Pratap Pal, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of complainant. The Vakalatnama is taken on record.
2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.119 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 65(1), 87 of BNS and Section 5L/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Katra Bajar, District Gonda.
3. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that the daughter of the informant aged about 15 years was enticed by some unknown person. Subsequently, in the statements, the victim did not support the prosecution and stated that she had gone on motorcycle to Prayagraj and thereafter to Tamilnadu and had also married. The tentative age of the victim is around 15 years. 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 two statements of the victim not supporting the prosecution and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 17.08.2025, 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) : Rishabh Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Kuldeep Kanojiya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
6. Let the applicant Kuldeep Kanojiya 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. December 19, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12614 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench