HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12163 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 Satyendra Kumar Tiwari, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of the complainant. The Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.156 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(1), 352, 351(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Mahruwa, District Ambedkar Nagar. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 18 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statements under Sections 180 and 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone out of her own freewill. The medical report does not corroborate the allegations levelled. 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 01.11.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Sheru @ Newaje be released on bail in the aforesaid Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Himanshu Singh, Sudhir Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sheru @ Newaje .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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 9, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12163 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench