HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11829 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.177 of 2025, under Section 137(2), 87, 65(1) BNS & Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, P.S. Pachpedwa, District Balrampur. 4. In terms of the FIR allegations were levelled that daughter of the informant aged about 14 years was enticed by the applicant on the pretext of marriage. In the statement under Section 180 BNSS, the victim stated that the applicant had given her mobile number and the victim called him and thereafter, they started talking to each other for the last 20 to 25 days. Subsequently, the applicant asked her to marry him and on 26.08.2025, she went alongwith the applicant on a motorcycle where physical relations were formed. She also admitted to having gone to Nepal with the applicant. Tentative age of the victim is around 14 years, although, there is no definite document with regard to exact age of the victim. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the fact that the victim had gone alongwith the applicant on more than one occasion including going to Nepal, the applicant who is in Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajay Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Imran .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) custody since 05.09.2025 and has criminal antecedents of one minor offence, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Imran 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. December 5, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11829 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench